Daughter of the Regiment Mary Leefe Laurence

Name: Daughter of the Regiment By Mary Leefe Laurence
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Daughter of the Regiment by Mary Leefe Laurence

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The young daughter of an English-born US infantry officer on the post-Civil War frontier, the author had the childhood of an army nomad, accompanying the regiment from south Texas to the Canadian border. This title offers insight into life as a child and adolescent in the twilight of the Indian-fighting army.

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Daughter of the Regiment: Memoirs of a Childhood in the Frontier Army, 1878-1898 by Mary Leefe Laurence

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.

Daughter of the Regiment Reviews

For children, who didn't know they were living under hardship, life on a western military post was exciting. . . . This account records a child's view of the military's last hurrah in the West.-Denver Post * Denver Post *
Written in 1944-45, the book offers Mary Leefe Laurence's eyewitness account, from ages six to 26, of life at a series of frontier forts, including Fort Dodge and Fort Leavenworth. . . . Laurence offers rare glimpses of Western life and of a handful of historic figures, including Geronimo.-Publishers Weekly * Publishers Weekly *

About Mary Leefe Laurence

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).

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Sku

CIN0803279884G

ISBN 13

9780803279889

ISBN 10

0803279884

Title

Daughter of the Regiment: Memoirs of a Childhood in the Frontier Army, 1878-1898 by Mary Leefe Laurence

Author

Mary Leefe Laurence

Condition

Used - Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

University of Nebraska Press

Year published

19990901

Number of pages

220

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N/A

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