Darlis Miller has kept George Hammond's original annotations and added a few new ones. Her introductions to the book and individual chapters provide biographical details to Frank's and Mary's lives and place their letters in historical context.
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: NEW. Dust Jacket Condition: NEW. 2nd. xvii, 222 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Originally published: To form a more perfect union. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1941. With new introduction, chapter introductions, and bibliographies. BRAND NEW. A fine copy. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap. "First published as 'To Form A More Perfect Union' in 1941, this rare volume of Civil War-era letters relates the poignant experiences of an English immigrant in the service of the United States Army. After Frank Clarke's tragic death in 1862, his wife Mary corresponded with his English mother, detailing the daily struggles of a military widow and her five sons in frontier Kansas. 12 halftones." - Publisher. CONTENTS: The West beckons, 1847-1849; With the First Dragoons, 1849-1854; Civilians again, 1854-1861; A Civil War tragedy, 1861-1863; A bird alone, 1863-1865; Junction City, Kansas, 1865-1872. Size: 8vo. Seller Inventory # 103962
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Seller Inventory # Abebooks230981
Book Description Condition: New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1.28. Seller Inventory # Q-0826317995