Ben McCulloch and the Frontier Military Tradition
by Cutrer, Thomas W
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine condition./Near Fine dust jacket.
- Seller
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About This Item
Chapel Hill and London: The University of North Carolina Press, 1993. Bright, clean, square, tight, and unmarked. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder marks. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Pages are fresh and crisp, apparently never read. Spine of Dust Jacket a little faded/sunned. No chips. No tears. No creases. Chapter notes. Bibliography. Index. With 9 maps and 26 b/w photos/portraits. Biography of Ben McCulloch who served as a Texas Ranger, U.S. Marshall, Indian fighter, Mexican War hero, and Brigadier General for the Confederacy in the Civil War. He was mortally wounded at the battle of Pea Ridge in 1862. From the Dust Jacket: "A protege of David Crockett and Sam Houston, Ben McCulloch (1811-62) led an extraordinary life as a frontiersman, entrepreneur, and soldier. This first modern biography tells his colorful life story and through his career illuminates mid-nineteenth century American military culture. In particular, [the author] focuses on the tension between traditional volunteer citizen-soldiers and the emerging professional military establishment." . First Printing of the First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine condition./Near Fine dust jacket.. 8vo. (xiii), 402pp. .
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Ben McCulloch and the Frontier Military Tradition
- Author
- Cutrer, Thomas W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine condition.
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine dust jacket.
- Edition
- First Printing of the First Edition
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Place of Publication
- Chapel Hill and London
- Date Published
- 1993
- Bookseller catalogs
- Civil War; Western Americana;
- Size
- 8vo. (xiii), 402pp.
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