Vanished Arizona: Recollections of the Army Life of a New England Woman


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(4.8 Sterne; 16 Bewertungen)

"This is the lively autobiography of Martha Summerhayes, the wife of an officer in the American Army. Here, she tells many stories about life and conditions in different camps and forts in which she lived with her expanding family, people along the way, and Journeys."
(Summary by Stav Nisser) (7 hr 4 min)

Kapitel

00 - Preface 2:45 Gelesen von dobsonfly
01 - Germany and the Army 9:53 Gelesen von dmmortimer
02 - I Joined the Army 3:43 Gelesen von dmmortimer
03 - Army House-Keeping 14:02 Gelesen von ldartsch
04 - Down the Pacific Coast 9:40 Gelesen von ldartsch
05 - The Slue 9:25 Gelesen von ldartsch
06 - Up the Rio Colorado 15:14 Gelesen von ldartsch
07 - The Mojave Desert 16:13 Gelesen von ldartsch
08 - Learning How to Soldier 11:40 Gelesen von dobsonfly
09 - Across the Mogollons 11:22 Gelesen von dobsonfly
10 - A Perilous Adventure 3:52 Gelesen von Emadattely
11 - Camp Apache 12:24 Gelesen von dobsonfly
12 - Life Amongst the Apaches 16:52 Gelesen von dobsonfly
13 - A New Recruit 11:02 Gelesen von dobsonfly
14 - A Memorable Journey 12:26 Gelesen von dobsonfly
15 - Fording the Little Colorado 8:15 Gelesen von dmmortimer
16 - Stoneman's Lake 15:41 Gelesen von dmmortimer
17 - The Colorado Desert 4:49 Gelesen von ashleighjane
18 - Ehrenberg on the Colorado 8:50 Gelesen von dmmortimer
19 - Summer at Ehrenberg 23:29 Gelesen von dmmortimer
20 - My Deliverer 7:23 Gelesen von dmmortimer
21 - Winter in Ehrenberg 12:11 Gelesen von dmmortimer
22 - Return to the States 9:27 Gelesen von dmmortimer
23 - Back to Arizona 15:17 Gelesen von Linda Velwest
24 - Up the Valley of the Gila 9:12 Gelesen von Linda Velwest
25 - Old Camp MacDowell 17:54 Gelesen von dmmortimer
26 - A Sudden Order 11:36 Gelesen von TriciaG
27 - The Eight Foot Leaves Arizona 3:43 Gelesen von ashleighjane
28 - California and Nevada 19:05 Gelesen von dmmortimer
29 - Changing Station 10:07 Gelesen von dmmortimer
30 - Fort Niobrara 22:18 Gelesen von Linda Velwest
31 - Santa Fe 13:15 Gelesen von ashleighjane
32 - Texas 18:03 Gelesen von ashleighjane
33 - David's Island 12:27 Gelesen von Sunni West
34 - Appendix 21:04 Gelesen von ashleighjane

Bewertungen

Arizona the Way it Once Was


(5 Sterne)

This book well describes what the American west was like in the 1870s, from the view of an army officer’s wife. It makes you appreciate the hard work that was done and the hardships that were suffered by those who civilized that part of America. The details from the author’s life really hold your attention. It’s a book that has you hoping that it had been longer. The writing is descriptive enough to effectively convey what the Arizona heat is like and what it was like to live in beautiful Santa Fe back then. Do you want a book that recounts odd, exciting events? How about worrying about rattlesnakes under your cot or wild cats jumping through your bedroom window at night? Will that do it for you? I enjoyed the readers, even the ones who didn’t pronounce words just right. These gaffes, like pronouncing the C in Tucson, are endearing, and seem perfectly fitting in a book of this nature.

Vivid account of army life on the western frontier


(5 Sterne)

An autobiographical chronicle of hardships, joys and sorrows. Well written and rich with the minutia of daily life, which far from being mundane, loom large when actual survival is at stake. A must if you are interested the history of the American West. Good to excellent readers.(Though only one seemed to know how to pronounce "Gila.")

Army Life


(4 Sterne)

a different perspective on the lives of officers and their families. many details otherwise not heard. good book but hard to adjust to so many readers. although they did well.