Pecos Bill: A Military Biography of William R. Shafter Tapa dura - 1989

Texas A&M University Press. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

College Station Texas: Texas A & M University Press, 1989. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 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..

College Station Texas: Texas A & M University Press, 1989. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 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..

College Station Texas: Texas A & M University Press, 1989. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 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..

Hardback. New. 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… Leer más

Texas A & M Univ Pr, 1989. Hardcover. New. 225 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.00 inches.

College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 1989. Near Fine/Fine. Octavo (23.5cm.); publisher's cloth in photo-illustrated dust jacket; xiii,[1],225pp.; photographic illus. throughout. A hint of shelf wear, faint ink mark across rear free endpaper, else Fine. The first full-length biography devoted to the career of General William R. Shafter (1835-1906), who began his career as a Union Army officer but who is best remembered today for the role he played in the campaign in Cuba during the Spanish-American War.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Texas A&M University Press, 1989-07-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!