Colonel Richard Irving Dodge: The Life and Times of a Career Army Officer
- ISBN-10
- 0806137096
- ISBN-13
- 9780806137094
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 646
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Oklahoma Press
- Author
- Wayne R. Kime
Description
Best known today as the author of The Plains of North American and Their Inhabitants (1877), Dodge recorded his observations and thoughts in volumes of journals, letters, and reports, as well as three popular published books. In this first biography of the soldier-author, Wayne R. Kime describes Dodge's early years, experiences as a writer, and forty-three-year career as an infantry officer in the U.s. Army, and sets his life in a rich historical context.
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