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245 14 a| The frontier army in the settlement of the West /c| by Michael L. Tate.;

300 a| xx, 454 pages :b| illustrations, maps ;c| 24 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-435) and index.;

505 0 a| Discoverers: military scientists, ethnologists, and artists in the new empire -- Encountering the elephant: army aid to emigrants on the Platte River road -- Across and on the wide Missouri: the army's role in western transportation and communication -- Posse comitatus in blue: the soldier as frontier lawman -- Dining at the government trough: army contracts and payrolls as community builders -- Uncle Sam's farmers: soldiers as agriculturalists and meteorologists -- Hippocrates in blue: army doctors on the frontier -- Reform the man: post chapels, schools, and libraries -- Sharpening the eagle's talons for domestic duties: the army in public relief work and in protecting the national parks -- In defense of "Poor Lo": military advocacy for Native American rights -- Documenting the experience: soldier journalists, autobiographers, and novelists -- Life after soldiering: entrepreneurs, investors, and retirees.;

650 0 a| Frontier and pioneer lifez| West (U.S.)=| ^A21196;

651 0 a| West (U.S.)x| Historyy| 19th century.=| ^A15489;

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The frontier army in the settlement of the West / by Michael L. Tate.

Author/creator	Tate, Michael L.
Format	Book
Publication Info	Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, ©1999.
Description	xx, 454 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subjects	United States. Army--History. --19th century. United States. Army--Military life. --History. --19th century. Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.). West (U.S.)--History. --19th century.

Contents	Discoverers: military scientists, ethnologists, and artists in the new empire -- Encountering the elephant: army aid to emigrants on the Platte River road -- Across and on the wide Missouri: the army's role in western transportation and communication -- Posse comitatus in blue: the soldier as frontier lawman -- Dining at the government trough: army contracts and payrolls as community builders -- Uncle Sam's farmers: soldiers as agriculturalists and meteorologists -- Hippocrates in blue: army doctors on the frontier -- Reform the man: post chapels, schools, and libraries -- Sharpening the eagle's talons for domestic duties: the army in public relief work and in protecting the national parks -- In defense of "Poor Lo": military advocacy for Native American rights -- Documenting the experience: soldier journalists, autobiographers, and novelists -- Life after soldiering: entrepreneurs, investors, and retirees.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-435) and index.
LCCN	99036276
ISBN	080613173X (cloth : alk. paper)

The frontier army in the settlement of the West / by Michael L. Tate.

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