Vanished Arizona: Recollections of the Army Life of a New England Woman
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Martha Summerhayes
(4,714 Sterne; 14 Bewertungen)
"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
Bewertungen
Arizona the Way it Once Was
gaboora
(5 Sterne)
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
picfixer
(5 Sterne)
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
Chalood
(4 Sterne)
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.