| Life in Custer's Cavalry: Diaries and Letters of Albert and Jennie Barnitz, 1867-1868 Contributor(s): Barnitz, Albert (Author), Barnitz, Jennie (Author), Utley, Robert M. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0803295537 ISBN-13: 9780803295537 Publisher: Bison Books OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 1987 Annotation: Through the study of the Barnitz Papers, the author writes a vivid description of frontier army life; of the attitudes of officers and their wives toward Indians, settlers, and themselves; and of particular characters and events in the story of Indian warfare in Kansas after the Civil War. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 19th Century - History | Military - United States |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 86025104 |
| Series: Bison Book S |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.63" W x 8.47" (0.92 lbs) 302 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Plains - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Albert and Jennie Barnitz "were both perceptive, articulate individuals who fully realized that they were involved in fascinating historically important events. They have left a record of frontier military life that can scarcely be matched elsewhere. . . . Historian and buff alike will find this volume both enlightening and entertaining."-Paul A. Hutton, Journal of American History. Editor Robert Utley's books available in Bison Books editions include Billy the Kid: A Short and Violent Life; Frontier Regulars: The United States Army and the Indian, 1866-1891; and Frontiersmen in Blue: The United States Army and the Indian, 1848-1865. |