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An army wife on the frontier : the memoirs of Alice Blackwood Baldwin, 1867-1877 / edited and with an introduction by Robert C. and Eleanor R. Carriker.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Schimmel Collection Schimmel 8063
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baldwin, Alice Blackwood, approximately 1845-1930, author.
- Series:
- Utah, the Mormons, and the West ; no. 6.
- Utah, the Mormons, and the West ; no. 6
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--Women authors.
- American literature.
- Baldwin, Alice Blackwood, approximately 1845-1930--Biography.
- Baldwin, Alice Blackwood.
- Army spouses--West (U.S.)--19th century.
- Army spouses.
- Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.).
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- West (U.S.)--Armed Forces--19th century.
- West (U.S.).
- Indians of North America--Wars--1866-1895.
- Indians of North America.
- West (U.S.)--Description and travel--19th century.
- West (U.S.)--History--1860-1890.
- Baldwin, Alice Blackwood, approximately 1845-1930.
- Armed Forces.
- Indians of North America--Wars.
- Travel.
- West United States.
- Genre:
- autobiographies (literary genre)
- Autobiographies
- Biographies
- History
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- 118 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Salt Lake City, Utah : Tanner Trust Fund, University of Utah Library, 1975
- Contents:
- My ancestry ; Crossing the Plains
- Returning East ; My marriage
- A prairie roadhouse ; On to Fort Harker
- A bride's trials ; Fort Harker hospitality
- Indian captives rescued ; Scourge of cholera
- Leave for New Mexico ; Indian council at Fort Larned
- "Bootlegging" under difficulties ; A snake incident
- On to Fort Wingate, New Mexico ; Birth of little Juanita
- Arrival at Fort Wingate ; Monotony of garrison life
- Experience with a cloudburst ; Thanksgiving time
- A troublesome Indian ; Primping the squaws
- Returning East ; Hardships and difficulties en route
- Arrival at Hays City ; A night of sleepless horror
- The Tongue River Cantonment ;The Nez Perce uprising
- An adventure in cake-making ; Another on horseback.
- Notes:
- Reprint of pt. 3 (Memoirs of (Mrs. Frank D.) Alice Blackwood Baldwin) of the author's Memoirs of the late Frank D. Baldwin, major general, U.S.A. published in 1929 by Wetzel Pub. Co., Los Angeles. Limited edition of 1,250 copies.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Schimmel 8063: Presented to the Penn Libraries in 2024 by Caroline F. Schimmel. With dust jacket.
- OCLC:
- 1975011
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