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Leonaur Ltd U. S. Dragoon Experiences in the Mexican War 1846-48 and on the South Western Frontier by Samuel E Chamberlain
From Soldier To Wagon Master To Scalp Hunter Chamberlain Left Boston As A Mere Youth And Joined The United States Army. He Became A Soldier In The 1St Us Dragoons And Determined To Become The Very Ideal Of The Daring Cavalryman Both On And Off The Battlefields Of The American-Mexican War. His Is A Tale-Not A Little Tall-That Includes Accounts Of Passionate Love Affairs, Duels To The Death, Pitched Battles And Exploits Of Daring In Which Chamberlain Himself Features As The Central Heroic Figure. Certainly He Was A Larger Than Life Character, As His Accounts Of Constant Troubles With His Superiors For Brawling, Drunkenness And Insubordination Appear With A Detail And Frequency Which Suggest Authenticity. At The End Of The War Chamberlain Became A Wagon Master-Possibly After Deserting The Army-And Then Threw Himself Into A Series Of Adventures With A Notorious Band Of Scalp Hunters Led By The Infamous John Glanton. A Highly Entertaining And Informative Account Of The United States Cavalry At War, In Which Many Of The Principal Characters Of The American Civil War-Who Appear Within It'S Pages-Learned Their Craft.