TEN YEARS IN THE SADDLE : Memoir of William Woods Averell, 1851-62 HBdj vg VG

Description: TEN YEARS IN THE SADDLE : The Memoir of William Woods Averell, 1851-62 ED BY ECKERT & AMATO San Rafael, 1978, Presidio , US First edition in dust jacket, VG./VG condition, ( dj price clipped, spine lightly faded) 6x9, xiv, 443 pages, illus, notes, bibliog, index. -------------- West Point, the Indian Wars, the expanding West, the Civil War - significant forces in the growth of our nation, and all experienced by cavalryman William W. Averell. The discovery and publication of his memoir, Ten Years in the Saddle, is an important addition to the historic literature of the era. In sensitive and readable prose, Averell captures the mood of America during a decade of growth and destruction. Averell begins his reminiscences in 1851 with his appointment to the military academy. There the fun-loving youth forms close friendships-many to be broken by the wrenching choice between the North and South. The young graduate's adventures begin at Fort Defiance in the New Mexico Territory. He vividly describes the frontier: the beautiful but desolate desert, the battles with hostile Indians, the strange customs of the people, the throngs of hopeful emigrants moving west. ----------------As the Civil War breaks out, Averell is in Washington. He tells of the stunned disbelief in the city at the news of the firing on Ft. Sumter. After an exciting secret mission deep within Confederate territory, Averell, now a Union cavalry commander, finds himself fighting his former classmates at Bull Run and on the Virginia Peninsula.To complete the story of Averell's life, the editors have added an introduction detailing his early years, as well as an epilogue recounting his controversial removal from command by General Philip Sheridan and his remarkable later career as an entrepreneur and diplomat. 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