Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888

by Frances M.A. Roe

Book Overview

In the summer of 1871, Frances Marie Antoinette Mack married Fayette Washington Roe, fresh out of West Point, and left the East behind to join his infantry regiment at Fort Lyon, Colorado, where her sprightly account of frontier life begins. As a western army wife Frances Roe found herself in the shadow of the Rockies--Lt. Roe was stationed at Piegan Agency, Montana Territory, as well as in the Cheyenne country of Colorado and Indian Territory--and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803289057
• ISBN13: 9780803289055
• Release Date: October 1981
• Publisher: Bison Books
• Length: 387 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

excellant read

What a life Mrs Roe had as an Army wife,full of adventure and fun. Just wish the book was longer!!As a history buff I thoroughly enjoyed this one as the period covers the mid 1800's to early 1900's,the Indian Wars and frontier Army life