Frontier Steel; The Men And Their Weapons Rosebush, Waldo E. Military History,Unit Histories,Western Americana

BOOK DESCRIPTION: 8vo, xxvi, 355 pgs, index, endpaper maps,appendices, biblio., frontis and other photo illustrations; text and folding maps. Gilt titled cover and spine on blue cloth. With dust jacket as issued; printed on both sides. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Minor shelf soiling, Interior endpapers browned from glue used in manufacturing; else interior is clean and tight. Unclipped DJ is lightly rubbed; now in mylar sleeve. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: Excellent work on the men and their weapons from the Black Hawk War through the Mexican War and the Conquest of California. Follows the record of the 1st United States Dragoons, an elite unit of the young US Army. Fully documented with references, notes, and a fine bibliography. A very well done book, here in excellent condition with the dust jacket.