Frontier Army in the Settlement of the West

Name: Frontier Army in the Settlement of the West
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ISBN: 9780806133867

ISBN-10: 0806133864

ISBN-13: 9780806133867

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Authors: Michael L. Tate

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Books, art, and movies most often portray the frontier army in continuous conflict with Native Americans. In truth, the army spent only a small part of its frontier duty fighting Indians; as the main arm of the federal government in less-settled regions of the nation, the army performed a host of duties.The Frontier Army in the Settlement of the Westexamines the army’s nonmartial contributions to western development. Dispelling timeworn stereotypes, Michael L. Tate shows that the army conducted explorations, compiled scientific and artistic records, built roads, aided overland travelers, and improved river transportation. Army posts offered nuclei for towns, and soldiers delivered federal…

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List price: $26.95
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Publication date: 10/15/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 476
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.06" tall
Weight: 1.518

MICHAEL L. TATE is Professor of History at University of Nebraska, Omaha. Among his previously published books are The Frontier Army in the Settlement of the West and Indians and Emigrants on the Overland Trails: Myths Reexamined.