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Fiasco : George Clinton Gardner's correspondence from the U.S.-Mexico boundary survey, 1849-1854 / edited by David J. Weber and Jane Lenz Elder.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gardner, G. Clinton (George Clinton), 1834-1904.
- Series:
- DeGolyer Library series ; no. 6.
- Degolyer Library series ; no. 6
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gardner, G. Clinton (George Clinton), 1834-1904--Correspondence.
- Gardner, G. Clinton.
- Gardner, G. Clinton (George Clinton), 1834-1904.
- Surveyors--United States--Correspondence.
- Surveyors.
- Surveyors--Mexican-American Border Region--Correspondence.
- Boundaries.
- History.
- Mexican-American Border Region--Surveys.
- Mexican-American Border Region.
- United States--Surveys.
- United States.
- Surveys.
- Mexico--Surveys.
- Mexico.
- United States--Boundaries--Mexico--History--19th century.
- Mexico--Boundaries--United States--History--19th century.
- Southwestern States--History--19th century.
- Southwestern States.
- Genre:
- Surveys.
- Correspondence.
- Personal correspondence.
- Physical Description:
- xliv, 381 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- George Clinton Gardner's correspondence from the U.S.-Mexico boundary survey, 1849-1854
- Place of Publication:
- Dallas : Southern Methodist University Press : William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies : DeGolyer Library, 2010.
- Contents:
- To New Orleans and Panama, February 13-June 22, 1849
- Initial points, Camp Riley and the Gila, July 23-October 31, 1849
- "Glorious state of uncertainty," November 15, 1849-July 2, 1850
- Finishing the California line, July 23, 1850-June 1, 1851
- Home for a day and off to El Paso del Norte, September 7-October 20, 1851
- Frontera, Texas, a "derned mean" country, November 27, 1851-May 16, 1852
- "God knows what will become of the survey": down the Rio Grande to Ringgold Barracks, May 30-December 11, 1852
- Back to the Rio Grande, then home again, January 2-November 18, 1853
- Resignation and new adventures, January 25-April 13, 1854
- Appendix: a chronological list of the correspondence.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780870745621
- 087074562X
- OCLC:
- 466772516
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