Army Wives on the American Frontier: Living by the Bugles
- ISBN-10
- 1555661661
- ISBN-13
- 9781555661663
- Category
- Army spouses
- Pages
- 210
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996
- Publisher
- Big Earth Publishing
- Author
- Anne Bruner Eales
Description
"No one interested in the history of the American West or in women's history should miss this well-written, carefully researched, comprehensive treatment of a subject that previous scholars have largely ignored. Based on the writings of more than fifty women who accompanied their husbands to remote duty posts in the far west.
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