Clarke, Dwight L.
Stephen Watts Kearny. Soldier of the West
Norman, Univ. Oklahoma Press, 1961. First edition. Cloth with gilt titles. xv, 448 pp. Illus. with 16 b/w photos and 1 map. 8vo. Stephen Watts Kearny (1794-1848) was an important army officer who served in the War of 1812, the American West, the Mexican-American War, and the conquest of California. "uses scores of letters and unused original sources to write one of the best biographies of the Mexican War figure," Tutorow, Mexican-American War: an annotated bibliography, p. 296. Tutorow 3763. A very good copy, scattered foxing to endpapers, in a very good dust jacket.
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Keywords: , Americana, Military History, Western Americana, Mexican-American War, 19th c., Military History