![[Item #60621] Army Letters from an Officer's Wife 1871-1888. Frances M. A. ROE.](https://lornebair.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/60621.jpg?auto=webp&v=1674522031)
Army Letters from an Officer's Wife 1871-1888
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1909. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (20.5cm). Blue cloth stamped in gilt and white, top edge gilt; x,387,[1]pp; frontispiece portrait and numerous black and white illustrations. Former owner's stamp to front pastedown. Sound, mildly rubbed, both hinges cracked, signs of biopredation to edges of textblock, not affecting text, dampstain to lower outer corner affecting about two-thirds of textblock: Good.
The author was married to Lt. Col. (U.S. Infantry) Fayette Washington Roe (1850-1916). The text covers the period of Roe's service in the American West, including Colorado and Utah Territories. "While her husband's career has been described as 'unremarkable,' Roe continues to be known on the basis of her book for the accurate picture of Army life it painted...Roe's was the first documented use of the name...Buffalo Soldiers" to describe the African-American infantry and cavalrymen in the west [Wikipedia, "Frances M.A. Roe," 7/2022]. HOWES R403.GRAFF 3546.
Price: $40.00
