Army wives on the American frontier
Subtitle: living by the bugles
By: Anne Bruner Eales.
Publisher: Johnson Books
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Boulder
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
Subjects: United States. Army -- Military life -- History -- 19th century.; Women pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography.; Army spouses -- West (U.S.) -- Biography.; Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.); West (U.S.) -- Biography.
Description: "No one interested in the history of the American West or in women's history should miss this well-written, carefully researched, comprehensive treatment of a subject that previous scholars have largely ignored. Based on the writings of more than fifty women who accompanied their husbands to remote duty posts in the far west.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-201) and index.