Isaac I. Stevens
Subtitle: young man in a hurry
By: Kent D. Richards.
Publisher: Brigham Young University Press; Brigham Young Univ Pr
Published: 1979
Place of publication: Provo, Utah
Language: eng
Number of pages: 484
Subjects: Stevens, Isaac Ingalls, 1818-1862; Pacific coast Indians, Wars with, 1847-1865; Governors -- Washington (State) -- Biography; Generals -- United States -- Biography; Oregon -- History -- To 1859; Washington (State) -- History -- To 1889
Description: Biography of Isaac Ingalls Stevens (1818-1862), who "... pursued a career in public service as a cadet, an officer in the Army Corps of Engineers, Coast Survey officer, territorial governor, superintendent of Indian affairs, head of a Pacific railroad survey, delegate to congress, and Civil War general." (p. xi). Contemporaries were bitterly divided about how well he met these challenges.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.