Alexander O. Brodie : frontiersman, Rough Rider, governor / Charles H. Herner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Herner, Charles.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brodie, Alexander O. (Alexander Oswald), 1849-1918.

Brodie, Alexander O.

Brodie, Alexander O. (Alexander Oswald), 1849-1918--Military leadership.

United States. Army. Volunteer Cavalry, 1st.

Governors--Arizona--Biography.

Governors.

Soldiers--Arizona--Biography.

Soldiers.

United States. Army. Volunteer Cavalry, 1st--Officers--Biography.

United States.

Soldiers--United States--Biography.

History, Military.

Command of troops.

Arizona.

Arizona--History--To 1912.

History.

Arizona--History, Military.

Indians of North America--Wars--Arizona.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Wars.

Frontier and pioneer life--Arizona.

Frontier and pioneer life.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

ix, 267 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Fort Worth, Tex. : TCU Press, [2012]

Summary:

This is the story of a little-known yet important player in the last days of the western frontier. Soldier, engineer, and politician, Alexander Brodie overcame personal tragedy and personal challenges to serve his country not only in the Indian wars of the West, but also as an officer of the "cowboy cavalry" that invaded Cuba, and eventually as territorial governor of Arizona. Brodie was a direct participant in the colorful history of the Southwest as the nineteenth century turned toward the twentieth, and as the last raw remnants of the frontier struggled toward statehood. No less than the celebrated Teddy Roosevelt counted Brodie as a friend, confidant, and professional colleague of the highest order. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 "Our First Major Is a Dandy" 1

2 "The Life of a Country Gentleman" 8

3 "One of the Most Beautiful Sites in the US" 14

4 "I Do Not Believe They Can Again Be Trusted" 23

5 "He Could Not Fight the White and Indian Soldiers" 33

6 "A Constant Throng of the Elite and Fashion" 45

7 "A Gallant Soldier and Courteous Gentleman" 51

8 "Moving Aboutö 57

9 "The Water Is Upon Us" 61

10 "An Honest and Upright Man" 73

11 "No Better Material Can Be Found Than in the Men of This Territory" 80

12 "The Arizona Squadron Is a Peach" 90

13 "I Am All Right" 99

14 "I Am Not a Politician" 114

15 "You Have Had Nothing Out of This War But Hard Knocks" 119

16 'The Overthrow of the Philistines" 130

17 "Green Enough to Pull Up Corn" 136

18 "A Very Good Democrat After All" 147

19 "There Is a Moral Side to This Issue" 163

20 "He Has Deported Himself with Propriety" 176

21 "When We Pass Over the Great Divide" 192

22 Afterword 205.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780875655321

0875655327

9780875654256

0875654258

OCLC:

713834706