Fresh from a girlhood in Germany among Prussian officers, Martha Summerhayes married an infantry lieutenant and in 1874 followed his regiment to Arizona Territory. She describes the voyage down the Pacific coast, the steamboat up the Colorado River, the crossing of the Mojave Desert, army housekeeping at remote posts, and raising a baby far from New England.
One of the most vivid accounts of frontier army life, written with humour and candour. Download the free EPUB.