Pecos Bill A Military Biography of William R. Shafter

Carlson, Paul H.

ISBN 10: 0890963487 / ISBN 13: 9780890963487

Editore: Texas A & M University Press, College Station Texas, 1989

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225 pages, frontis, maps, illustrations. Medal of Honor winner, served 40 years in the military from the Civil War, Indian Wars to the Spanish American War. Wounded Knee, Pine Ridge, 1875 Texas Expedition, etc. Codice articolo 4455

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Titolo: Pecos Bill A Military Biography of William R...

Casa editrice: Texas A & M University Press, College Station Texas

Data di pubblicazione: 1989

Legatura: Hardcover

Condizione: Fine

Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine

Edizione: First Edition

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Riassunto:

General William R. Shafter was no gallant hero. He drank, gambled, swore, got into fights with his men. They nicknamed him for the river that was one of his targets: Pecos Bill.” He was accused of trying to start a war with Mexico and became involved in an embezzlement case. Associated with military blunders during the Spanish-American War, he has often been pictured as a fat, incompetent buffoon.

But Shafter, if coarse and abrasive, was a man who got results. A winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor, he served in the Army for forty years, from the Civil War to the Spanish-American War, in which he commanded all Army operations. In Texas, he commanded one of the army’s first all-black regiments. He helped restore peace at Pine Ridge after the Wounded Knee massacre, and he carried out in Cuba one of the swiftest and most successful campaigns in the history of American warfare.

In this carefully researched and very readable study, Paul Carlson gives insight into the career and life of one of history’s enduring enigmas.

L'autore:

PAUL H. CARLSON has published many articles on frontier and Texas history as well as Texas Woollybacks: The Range Sheep and Goat Industry. He is associate professor of history at Texas Tech University.