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Soldier-Artist of the Great Reconnaissance : John C. Tidball and the 35th Parallel Pacific Railroad Survey /
Soldier-Artist of the Great Reconnaissance recaptures the Whipple expedition's trials and triumphs as it documents the unusual talents of one of its most versatile members."--Jacket.
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Tucson :
University of Arizona Press,
2004.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1 Glory grabber or reliable wheelhorse? 3
- 2 The ultimate destination is India 15
- 3 Across the ocean prairie 30
- 4 Twenty-five wild, daring-looking fellows join the expedition 45
- 5 A continuous succession of mountain ranges lay in our path 62
- 6 The artist as hero of his own journey 78
- 7 We will be on mule meat before we are through 95
- 8 The mountain spur was a confused mass of serrated crests 112
- 9 Lieutenant Tidball ordered the soldiers to fix their bayonets 125
- 10 The clothes of the murdered Mexican were riddled with arrows 142
- 11 I will not have to go back to that miserable place 158.