{"product_id":"my-army-life-and-the-fort-phil-kearney-massacre-with-an-account-of-the-celebration-of-wyoming-opened-paperback","title":"My Army Life and the Fort Phil Kearney Massacre: With an Account of the Celebration of \"Wyoming Opened\" - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrances C. Carrington\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eShannon D. Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1910, Frances C. Carrington's \u003ci\u003eMy Army Life and the Fort Phil Kearney Massacre\u003c\/i\u003e recounted the author's adventures as an army wife on the Great Plains, but also sought to set the record straight on her second husband's involvement in the Fetterman fight. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrances traveled with her first husband, Lt. George Washington Grummond, to Fort Phil Kearney in Wyoming in 1866 where he was killed in the Fetterman incident just a few months later. She eventually married the post commander, Col. Henry B. Carrington, after the death of his first wife, Margaret, who had befriended and cared for Frances during her brief, tragic episode at the frontier post.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrances's narrative recalls the wonder and worries of a naive young bride during the fateful days of 1866. From her voyage to Wyoming to her encounters with unfamiliar peoples and strange landscapes, Frances's vivid prose examines not only the everyday workings of a frontier army post but also the political and social intrigue behind one of the most controversial military defeats in Western history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eShannon Smith Calitri is a professor of history at Oglala Lakota College.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 318\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 7.96 x 5.38 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52039866024237,"sku":"9780803264434","price":22.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/RDh5U21EcFpFWVNtVkVRQ1VKQ3JFUT09.webp?v=1777967422","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/my-army-life-and-the-fort-phil-kearney-massacre-with-an-account-of-the-celebration-of-wyoming-opened-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}