The Last Camel Charge - The Untold Story of America's Desert Military Experiment

Zusatztext “A fascinating portrait of the American West during its formative and most exciting period…Johnson reaches deep into the essence of how America came to be.”—Bevin Alexander! author of Sun Tzu at Gettysburg Informationen zum Autor Forrest Bryant Johnson Klappentext "A fascinating story, telling aspects of the American West that most of us know little about."-True West Magazine In the mid-nineteenth century, the U.S. Army was on the verge of employing a weapon that had never before been seen on its native soil: a cavalry mount that would fare better than both mules and horses in the American Southwest... Against the Mojave in the Arizona Territory, against the Mormons in Utah Territory, during the early stages of the Civil War, the camel would become part of military history and a nearly forgotten chapter of Americana. This is the true story of that experiment and the extraordinary group of people who it brought together. The Last Camel Charge gives them their due as a vital piece of American history. INCLUDES PHOTOS Zusammenfassung “A fascinating story! telling aspects of the American West that most of us know little about.” —True West Magazine In the mid-nineteenth century! the U.S. Army was on the verge of employing a weapon that had never before been seen on its native soil: a cavalry mount that would fare better than both mules and horses in the American Southwest... Against the Mojave in the Arizona Territory! against the Mormons in Utah Territory! during the early stages of the Civil War! the camel would become part of military history and a nearly forgotten chapter of Americana. This is the true story of that experiment and the extraordinary group of people who it brought together. The Last Camel Charge gives them their due as a vital piece of American history. INCLUDES PHOTOS

Product details

• Authors: F. B. Johnson, Forrest Bryant Johnson, Johnson Forrest Bryant
• Publisher: Dutton Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.04.2013
• EAN: 9780425253502
• ISBN: 978-0-425-25350-2
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 228 mm x 26 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Photography & photographs, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / Military / General, ART / History / General, military history, PHOTOGRAPHY / General, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science, ART / American / General, History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900, c 1800 to c 1900, History of Art, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Photography and photographs, Military engineering