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Robert Wooster

Frontier Crossroads: Fort Davis and the West

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The idea of the West conjures exciting images of tenacious men and women, huge expanses of unclaimed territory, and feelings of both adventure and lonesome isolation. Located astride communication lines linking San Antonio, El Paso, Presidio, and Chihuahua City, the United States Army's post at Fort Davis commanded a strategic position at a military, cultural, and economic crossroads of nineteenth-century Texas. Using extensive research and careful scrutiny of long forgotten records, Robert Wooster brings his readers into the world of Fort Davis, a place of encounter, conquest, and community. The fort here spawned a thriving civilian settleme… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-1-58544-475-5
  • EAN: 9781585444755
  • Produktnummer: 2249128
  • Verlag: Texas A & M Univ Pr
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
  • Seitenangabe: 210 S.
  • Masse: H24.2 cm x B16.6 cm x D2.1 cm 513 g
  • Reihenbandnummer: 7
  • Gewicht: 513

Über den Autor


ROBERT WOOSTER is the Joe Frantz Professor of History at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, where he teaches U.S., Civil War, military, and Texas history. His earlier works on the military and the U.S. frontier have won several awards. His Nelson A. Miles and the Twilight of the Frontier Army was a History Book Club selection.

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