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A Campaign In New Mexico With Colonel Doniphan

A Campaign In New Mexico With Colonel Doniphan

S. Edwards, Frank

Paperback

Military BiographiesExplorationGeneral Military History

ISBN10: 9354502083
ISBN13: 9789354502088
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 22 2021
Pages: 214
Weight: 1.12
Height: 0.45 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Across desert roads and contested rivers, one volunteer column rewrote the map of the American West. Frank S. Edwards records it from the saddle, with an eyewitness clarity that still startles. History rides on hard miles. A Campaign In New Mexico With Colonel Doniphan is a complete unabridged memoir and campaign history narrative of Doniphans expedition history, following the conquest of New Mexico and the push beyond it. Written in the idiom of its time yet driven by direct observation, this 19th century war chronicle captures the lived experience of Santa Fe Trail soldiers: logistics, morale, terrain, and the uneasy meeting of armies and communities on the move. For readers drawn to Santa Fe Trail history, it offers a ground-level view of New Mexico Territory 1846 and the northern Mexico campaign 1847, set within the wider currents of US expansion. For historians, it stands as a primary source for researchers and students of US expansion, and a strong anchor for any Mexican War memoirs collection. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure. Whether you read for narrative pace or for documentary detail, this campaign record remains one of the most vivid windows onto the Santa Fe Trail and the contested borderlands of the mid-nineteenth century.

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