Life in Custer's Cavalry: Diaries and Letters of Albert and Jennie Barnitz, 1867-68

Barnitz, Albert and Jennie

ISBN 10: 0300020945 / ISBN 13: 9780300020946

Published by Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut, 1977

About this Item

SWINFORD HIGH SPOT FIRST EDITION in tan cloth in dust jacket; 44 illustrations and maps (listed); edited by noted western historian Robert M. Utley; Yale Press Americana Series, 30; 302pp. Very Good+ with bumping at head/tail and small white mark on spine, in Very Good- dust jacket that has some edge wear with sun fading (typical of this dust jacket). The Barnitzes' letters, as well as their diaries, provide a vivid picture of what everyday life was like in the old army, both in garrison and in the field. Includes General Sully Expedition and the Battle of the Washita, where Albert Barnitz was nearly killed by an Indian warrior's bullet. Dowd #3040. Swinford #15. O'Keefe #114. A very nice collectible first edition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Life in Custer's Cavalry: Diaries and Letters of Albert and Jennie Barnitz, 1867-68
• Publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut
• Publication Date: 1977
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300020945
• ISBN 13: 9780300020946
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First edition.
• Printing: 1st printing
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Edited by Robert M. Utley. Minor wear and light stain on the back panel of dust jacket.

From the Back Cover

Through the study of the Barnitz Papers, the author writes a vivid description of frontier army life; of the attitudes of officers and their wives toward Indians, settlers, and themselves; and of particular characters and events in the story of Indian warfare in Kansas after the Civil War.