A Dose of Frontier Soldiering: The Memoirs of Corporal E. A. Bode, Frontier Regular Infantry, 1877-1882

Bode, E. A.

ISBN 10: 0803242328 / ISBN 13: 9780803242326

Published by University of Nebraska Press, 1994

About this Item

Hardcover in Jacket. 2nd Printing. Black and white photos.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Dose of Frontier Soldiering: The Memoirs of Corporal E. A. Bode, Frontier Regular Infantry, 1877-1882
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0803242328
• ISBN 13: 9780803242326
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Like New
• Weight: 20 ounces

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Synopsis

Emil Adolph Bode, a German immigrant down on his luck, enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1877 and served for five years. More literate than most of his fellow soldiers, Bode described western flora and fauna, commenting on the American Indians he encountered as well as the slaughter of the buffalo, the hard and lonely life of the cowboy, and towns and settlements he passed through. His observations, seasoned with wry wit and sympathy, offer a truer picture of the frontier military experience than all the dashing cavalry charges and thundering artillery in Western literature.

About the Author

Thomas T. Smith is a regular army lieutenant colonel of infantry assigned to Fort Bliss, Texas. He is the editor of Mary Leefe Laurence’s Daughter of the Regiment (Nebraska 1994).