Guarding the border
Subtitle: the military memoirs of Ward Schrantz, 1912-1917
By: edited by Jeff Patrick.
Contributors: Patrick, Jeffrey L., 1963-
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Canseco-Keck history series -- no. 13
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
ISBN-13: 9781603440967
Subjects: Schrantz, Ward L; United States. -- Army -- Military life -- History -- 20th century; Missouri. -- National Guard -- Military life -- History -- 20th century; Soldiers -- Mexican-American Border Region -- Biography; Soldiers -- Rio Grande Valley -- Biography; Soldiers -- Texas -- Biography; Soldiers -- Missouri -- Biography; Mexican-American Border Region -- History, Military -- 20th century; Mexico -- History -- Revolution, 1910-1920 -- Personal narratives, American
Genres: Biography.; Personal narratives, American.
Description: "Ward Loren Schrantz, of Carthage, Missouri, entered the U.S. Army in 1912, during a time when the future of the horse cavalry was still being seriously debated. He left active military service in 1946, after the dropping of the atomic bomb. Not only did Schrantz serve capably during a time when the U.S. military was undergoing rapid technological and strategic transformation; as a journalist and attentive observer, he also left a vivid personal account of his time in the Army and Missouri National Guard. Now, editor Jeff Patrick has woven Schrantz's three undated versions of his memoir into a single narrative focused on the sparsely documented pre-World War I period from 1912 to 1917, thus helping to fill a significant gap in the existing literature." "Students, scholars, and others interested in military and borderlands history will find much to enjoy in Guarding the Border: The Military Memoirs of Ward Schrantz, 1912-1917."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Missouri National Guard; title: A civilian visits Mexico; title: Joining the regulars; title: El Paso; title: Texas City; title: Return to Missouri; title: Back to the border-as a civilian; title: Laredo; title: Ramireño; title: The end of border service; title: Editor's postscript.