Collection
Publication
Imprint unknown (1978), Edition: First Edition, 168 pages
Description
Stallard relates the lives of army dependents (i.e. women and children) during the period 1865-1898, when the American Army was primarily involved in the Indian Wars. Includes some 60 period photographs. Originally co-published in 1978 by Presidio Press and The Old Army Press, and republished with a
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LibraryThing member autumnesf
Interesting book on the camp followers - otherwise known as dependants now-a-days during the indian wars. It was a good read -- what a hard life!
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Language
Original language
English
Physical description
168 p.
ISBN
0883420546 / 9780883420546
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