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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823709203321

Autore

Wooster Robert <1956->

Titolo

Frontier crossroads : Fort Davis and the West / / Robert Wooster

Pubbl/distr/stampa

College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2006

ISBN

1-299-05278-9

1-60344-548-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (223 p.)

Collana

Canseco-Keck history series ; ; no. 7

Disciplina

976.4/934

Soggetti

Frontier and pioneer life - Texas - Fort Davis (Fort)

Community life - Texas - Fort Davis (Fort)

Frontier and pioneer life - Texas

Fort Davis (Tex. : Fort) History

Texas Social life and customs 19th century

Texas Race relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-200) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- chapter nine THE CLOSE OF THE MILITARY FRONTIER 123.

Sommario/riassunto

The U.S. Army's post at this strategic location astride communication lines linking San Antonio, El Paso, Presidio, and Chihuahua City was a place of nineteenth-century encounter, conquest, and community. Wooster presents not only a history of the fort, but provides a look into the daily lives of soldiers and civilians, a blend of Hispanic, African American, Anglo, and European immigrants who lived there.