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- catalog abstract ""Pioneering war correspondent George Wilkins Kendall (1809-67) wrote vividly from Mexico about America's first foreign war, which, after the victories of Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott, enlarged our borders to include California, Texas, and New Mexico in the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Noted military historian Lawrence Delbert Cress has collected and annotated Kendall's more than two hundred dispatches for the first time in this single volume." "These newspaper dispatches are indispensable for an understanding of the Mexican War, which trained the generals who later served, on both sides, in the Civil War."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11292875.
- catalog contributor b11292876.
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""Pioneering war correspondent George Wilkins Kendall (1809-67) wrote vividly from Mexico about America's first foreign war, which, after the victories of Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott, enlarged our borders to include California, Texas, and New Mexico in the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Noted military historian Lawrence Delbert Cress has collected and annotated Kendall's more than two hundred dispatches for the first time in this single volume." "These newspaper dispatches are indispensable for an understanding of the Mexican War, which trained the generals who later served, on both sides, in the Civil War."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: The Mexican War, Foreign Correspondents, and George Wilkins Kendall -- Ch. 1. With the Army on the Rio Grande, April 2-August 5, 1846 -- Ch. 2. The Battle of Monterey, August 9-November 19, 1846 -- Ch. 3. Victory at Vera Cruz, February 25-April 13, 1847 -- Ch. 4. Cerro Gordo, April 14-May 7, 1847 -- Ch. 5. Rumors of Peace and Politics, May 11-June 23, 1847 -- Ch. 6. Prospects for War, June 24-August 6, 1847 -- Ch. 7. The Battle for Mexico City, August 22-September 17, 1847 -- Ch. 8. In the Halls of the Montezumas, September 20-October 29, 1847.".
- catalog extent "448 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0806131217 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Norman, Ok. : University of Oklahoma Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "973.6/2/092 21".
- catalog subject "E411 .K32 1999".
- catalog subject "Journalists United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Kendall, Geo. Wilkins (George Wilkins), 1809-1867.".
- catalog subject "Mexican War, 1846-1848 Personal narratives.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: The Mexican War, Foreign Correspondents, and George Wilkins Kendall -- Ch. 1. With the Army on the Rio Grande, April 2-August 5, 1846 -- Ch. 2. The Battle of Monterey, August 9-November 19, 1846 -- Ch. 3. Victory at Vera Cruz, February 25-April 13, 1847 -- Ch. 4. Cerro Gordo, April 14-May 7, 1847 -- Ch. 5. Rumors of Peace and Politics, May 11-June 23, 1847 -- Ch. 6. Prospects for War, June 24-August 6, 1847 -- Ch. 7. The Battle for Mexico City, August 22-September 17, 1847 -- Ch. 8. In the Halls of the Montezumas, September 20-October 29, 1847.".
- catalog title "Dispatches from the Mexican War / by George Wilkins Kendall ; edited with an introduction by Lawrence Delbert Cress.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "Personal narratives. fast".
- catalog type "text".