Recollections of Western Texas, 1852-55

Contributor(s): Wooster, Robert (Editor), Utley, Robert M (Preface by), Tydeman, William (Preface by)

ISBN: 9780896724365

Publisher: Texas Tech University Press

Binding Types:

Paperback

$15.95

Digicover (1-4 copies)

$28.90 (Final Price)

Readerbound (5-99 copies)

$27.70 (100+ copies: $26.95)

List/retail price:

$15.95

Pub Date: April 15, 2000

Dewey: 976.4050922

LCCN: 00020912

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Index, Limited Edition, Maps, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.39" H x 9.06" L x 6.02" W ( 0.42 lbs) 109 pages

BISAC Categories:

History | United States | State and Local Southwest AZ NM OK TX | 19th Century | Military

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Description: When brothers William and John Wright arrived in the United States from Ireland in 1850 and could find no other suitable employment, they joined the U.S. Army's Regiment of Mounted Rifles, which served on the Texas frontier. Their description of their experiences is unusual on several counts: it is a view of Texas in the 1850s, when personal acc...