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Vanished Arizona: Recollections of the Army Life of a New England Woman
by Summerhayes, Martha, and Thrapp, Dan L (Introduction by)
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0803291051
- ISBN 13
- 9780803291058
- Seller
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New Castle, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Bison Books, 1979. Revised ed. Softcover. Very Good. 5x1x8. In Very Good+ condition. Vanished Arizona: Recollections of My Army Life is the story of Martha Summerhayes, a Nantucket woman who married a cavalry officer and moved with him to various Army forts in the late 19th century. is a collection of Martha's memories of life in various Army forts, and particularly in Arizona-which at that time was still considered a dreaded and unknown land. Along the way, the reader meets a variety of characters such as a nearly-naked Indian cook and a dentist who accidentally extracts the wrong tooth. There is also the incident where Martha feels more in danger from her husband than the hostile Indians nearby. First printed in 1908, Vanished Arizona: Recollections of My Army Life was extremely well-received, becoming one of the essential primary records of the frontier-military West.
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- Bookseller
- Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SKU2010031114
- Title
- Vanished Arizona: Recollections of the Army Life of a New England Woman
- Author
- Summerhayes, Martha, and Thrapp, Dan L (Introduction by)
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Revised ed
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0803291051
- ISBN 13
- 9780803291058
- Publisher
- Bison Books
- Place of Publication
- Lincoln, Nebraska, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1979
- Size
- 5x1x8
- X weight
- 16 oz
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.