Soldiers West
Subtitle: Biographies from the Military Frontier
By: edited by Paul Andrew Hutton; introduction by Robert M. Utley
Contributors: Paul Andrew Hutton (Editor); Robert M. Utley (Introduction)
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: February 1, 1987
Place of publication: Lincoln, NE
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780803272255
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Civil war; Soldiers; Generals; History - Military / War; Biography/Autobiography; USA; United States; Military - General; History / General; Frontier and pioneer life; Biography; West (U.S.)
Description: Historic advance guards of civilization or perpetrators of brutality -- both sides of the popular image of soldiers in the Old West contain elements of truth, but neither is correct. "The story of the military frontier of the American West, is far more complex," writes Paul Hutton in his preface.

The biographies in this collection emphasize the wide diversity of style, temperament, activity, and occupation that marked the careers of frontier soldiers. the officers in the anthology represent the solder as explorer, topographer, engineer, administrator, writer, scientist, combat officer, policy formulator, and subaltern.
Table of contents: value: Introduction: The frontier and the American Military Tradition, by Robert M. Utley; value: William Clark, by Jerome O. Steffen; value: Stephen H. Long, by Robert L. Nichols; value: William S. Harney, by Richmond L. Claw; value: James H. Carleton, by Arrell Morgan Gibson; value: Philip H. Sheridan, by Paul Andrew Hutton; value: George A. Custer, by Brian W. Dippie; value: George Crook, by Jerome A. Greene; value: John G. Bourke, by Joseph C. Porter; value: Benjamin H. Grierson, by Bruce J. Dinges; value: Ranald S. Mackenzie, by J'Nell L. Pate; value: William B. Hazen, by Marvin E. Kroeker; value: Nelson A. Miles, by Robert M. Utley; value: Frank D. Baldwin, by Robert C. Carriker; value: Charles King, by Paul L. Hedren