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

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(4,75 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)

Chapters

00 - Preface

2:45

Read by dobsonfly

01 - Germany and the Army

9:53

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02 - I Joined the Army

3:43

Read by dmmortimer

03 - Army House-Keeping

14:02

Read by ldartsch

04 - Down the Pacific Coast

9:40

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05 - The Slue

9:25

Read by ldartsch

06 - Up the Rio Colorado

15:14

Read by ldartsch

07 - The Mojave Desert

16:13

Read by ldartsch

08 - Learning How to Soldier

11:40

Read by dobsonfly

09 - Across the Mogollons

11:22

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10 - A Perilous Adventure

3:52

Read by Emadattely

11 - Camp Apache

12:24

Read by dobsonfly

12 - Life Amongst the Apaches

16:52

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13 - A New Recruit

11:02

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14 - A Memorable Journey

12:26

Read by dobsonfly

15 - Fording the Little Colorado

8:15

Read by dmmortimer

16 - Stoneman's Lake

15:41

Read by dmmortimer

17 - The Colorado Desert

4:49

Read by ashleighjane

18 - Ehrenberg on the Colorado

8:50

Read by dmmortimer

19 - Summer at Ehrenberg

23:29

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20 - My Deliverer

7:23

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21 - Winter in Ehrenberg

12:11

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22 - Return to the States

9:27

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23 - Back to Arizona

15:17

Read by Linda Velwest

24 - Up the Valley of the Gila

9:12

Read by Linda Velwest

25 - Old Camp MacDowell

17:54

Read by dmmortimer

26 - A Sudden Order

11:36

Read by TriciaG

27 - The Eight Foot Leaves Arizona

3:43

Read by ashleighjane

28 - California and Nevada

19:05

Read by dmmortimer

29 - Changing Station

10:07

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30 - Fort Niobrara

22:18

Read by Linda Velwest

31 - Santa Fe

13:15

Read by ashleighjane

32 - Texas

18:03

Read by ashleighjane

33 - David's Island

12:27

Read by Sunni West

34 - Appendix

21:04

Read by 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.