Vanished Arizona: Recollections of the Army Life of a New England Woman

"This is the lively autobiography of Martha Summerhayes, the wife of an officer in the American Army. Here, she tells many stories about life and conditions in different camps and forts in which she lived with her expanding family, people along the way, and Journeys."
(Summary by Stav Nisser) (7 hr 4 min)

Chapters

00 - Preface	2:45	Read by dobsonfly
01 - Germany and the Army	9:53	Read by dmmortimer
02 - I Joined the Army	3:43	Read by dmmortimer
03 - Army House-Keeping	14:02	Read by ldartsch
04 - Down the Pacific Coast	9:40	Read by ldartsch
05 - The Slue	9:25	Read by ldartsch
06 - Up the Rio Colorado	15:14	Read by ldartsch
07 - The Mojave Desert	16:13	Read by ldartsch
08 - Learning How to Soldier	11:40	Read by dobsonfly
09 - Across the Mogollons	11:22	Read by dobsonfly
10 - A Perilous Adventure	3:52	Read by Emadattely
11 - Camp Apache	12:24	Read by dobsonfly
12 - Life Amongst the Apaches	16:52	Read by dobsonfly
13 - A New Recruit	11:02	Read by dobsonfly
14 - A Memorable Journey	12:26	Read by dobsonfly
15 - Fording the Little Colorado	8:15	Read by dmmortimer
16 - Stoneman's Lake	15:41	Read by dmmortimer
17 - The Colorado Desert	4:49	Read by ashleighjane
18 - Ehrenberg on the Colorado	8:50	Read by dmmortimer
19 - Summer at Ehrenberg	23:29	Read by dmmortimer
20 - My Deliverer	7:23	Read by dmmortimer
21 - Winter in Ehrenberg	12:11	Read by dmmortimer
22 - Return to the States	9:27	Read by dmmortimer
23 - Back to Arizona	15:17	Read by Linda Velwest
24 - Up the Valley of the Gila	9:12	Read by Linda Velwest
25 - Old Camp MacDowell	17:54	Read by dmmortimer
26 - A Sudden Order	11:36	Read by TriciaG
27 - The Eight Foot Leaves Arizona	3:43	Read by ashleighjane
28 - California and Nevada	19:05	Read by dmmortimer
29 - Changing Station	10:07	Read by dmmortimer
30 - Fort Niobrara	22:18	Read by Linda Velwest
31 - Santa Fe	13:15	Read by ashleighjane
32 - Texas	18:03	Read by ashleighjane
33 - David's Island	12:27	Read by Sunni West
34 - Appendix	21:04	Read by ashleighjane

Reviews

Arizona the Way it Once Was

(5 stars)

gaboora

This book well describes what the American west was like in the 1870s, from the view of an army officer’s wife. It makes you appreciate the hard work that was done and the hardships that were suffered by those who civilized that part of America. The details from the author’s life really hold your attention. It’s a book that has you hoping that it had been longer. The writing is descriptive enough to effectively convey what the Arizona heat is like and what it was like to live in beautiful Santa Fe back then. Do you want a book that recounts odd, exciting events? How about worrying about rattlesnakes under your cot or wild cats jumping through your bedroom window at night? Will that do it for you? I enjoyed the readers, even the ones who didn’t pronounce words just right. These gaffes, like pronouncing the C in Tucson, are endearing, and seem perfectly fitting in a book of this nature.

Vivid account of army life on the western frontier

(5 stars)

picfixer

An autobiographical chronicle of hardships, joys and sorrows. Well written and rich with the minutia of daily life, which far from being mundane, loom large when actual survival is at stake. A must if you are interested the history of the American West. Good to excellent readers.(Though only one seemed to know how to pronounce "Gila.")

Army Life

(4 stars)

Chalood

a different perspective on the lives of officers and their families. many details otherwise not heard. good book but hard to adjust to so many readers. although they did well.