{"product_id":"a-brave-soldier-and-honest-gentleman-lt-james-e-h-foster-in-the-west-1873-1881-hardcover","title":"A Brave Soldier and Honest Gentleman: Lt. James E. H. Foster in the West, 1873-1881 - Hardcover","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\u003eThomas R. Buecker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2014 Award of Merit - American Association for State and Local History \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLt. James E. H. Foster (1848-1883) lived a short but eventful life as a junior officer on the Northern Plains. His story--and his illustrated journal--provide a rich portrait of the frontier army at the time of the Great Sioux War. Stationed at Fort McPherson, Nebraska, Foster traveled with the Jenney Expedition of 1875, filling in the large blank area on the map of the Black Hills, and making some of the earliest surviving artistic renditions of the area.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Black Hills, of course, were not unknown to the Lakotas, who resented the invasion of gold miners and resisted the U.S. government's attempts to buy the Hills. When war erupted in 1876, Foster rode with General Crook's forces, fighting at the Battle of the Rosebud and enduring the infamous Starvation March.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRelying on correspondence, army records, and other documents from the time, historian Thomas R. Buecker reconstructs Foster's life, interweaving his narrative with Foster's own words. Now published for the first time, all illustrations from the journal (plus several more published by Foster elsewhere) are reproduced here, along with the journal's complete transcribed text. For his own part, Foster was a gifted writer and an astute and witty observer of military life. His story increases our knowledge of the American West and the important role played in it by the frontier army.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas R. Buecker (1948-2015) was a longtime employee of the Nebraska State Historical Society, serving as curator at Neligh Mill State Historic Site (1977-1985), the Fort Robinson Museum (1985-2011), and the Thomas P. Kennard House in Lincoln (2011-2015).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 210\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 11.3 x 9.8 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 November 01, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47468605800701,"sku":"9780933307346","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/cnNjZjNQbWM1ZnZCdHpWVkxPWUxsUT09.webp?v=1777290566","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/a-brave-soldier-and-honest-gentleman-lt-james-e-h-foster-in-the-west-1873-1881-hardcover","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}