| Daughter of the Regiment: Memoirs of a Childhood in the Frontier Army, 1878-1898 Contributor(s): Laurence, Mary Leefe (Author), Smith, Thomas T. (Editor), Henry Jr. Major General, Guy V. (Preface by) |
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ISBN: 0803279884 ISBN-13: 9780803279889 Publisher: Bison Books OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1999 Annotation: The young daughter of an English-born U.S. infantry officer on the post-Civil War frontier, Mary Leefe Laurence had the childhood of an army nomad, accompanying the regiment from south Texas to the Canadian border. In faithfully recording her travels, she offers extensive and unique insight into life as a child and adolescent in the twilight of the Indian-fighting army. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - History | United States - 19th Century |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 95024896 |
| Lexile Measure: 1270 |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 5.31" W x 8.29" (0.70 lbs) 220 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Cultural Region - Heartland - Cultural Region - Midwest - Cultural Region - Plains - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Kansas - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The young daughter of an English-born U. S. infantry officer on the post-Civil War frontier, Mary Leefe Laurence had the childhood of an army nomad, accompanying the regiment from south Texas to the Canadian border. In faithfully recording her travels, she offers extensive and unique insight into life as a child and adolescent in the twilight of the Indian-fighting army. Thomas T. Smith is a regular army lieutenant colonel of infantry assigned to Fort Bliss, Texas. He is the editor of A Dose of Frontier Soldiering (Nebraska 1996). |