Guarding the border : the military memoirs of Ward Schrantz, 1912-1917 /

Guarding the border : the military memoirs of Ward Schrantz, 1912-1917 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Schrantz, Ward L., 1890-1958
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2009.
Description:	x, 205 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Canseco-Keck history series ; no. 13
Subject:	Schrantz, Ward L., -- 1890-1958 Schrantz, Ward L. United States. -- Army -- Military life -- History -- 20th century. Missouri. -- National Guard -- Military life -- History -- 20th century. Missouri. -- National Guard. United States. -- Army. Revolution (Mexico : 1910-1920) Soldiers -- Mexican-American Border Region -- Biography. Soldiers -- Rio Grande Valley -- Biography. Soldiers -- Texas -- Biography. Soldiers -- Missouri -- Biography. Armed Forces -- Military life. Soldiers. Mexican-American Border Region -- History, Military -- 20th century. Mexico -- History -- Revolution, 1910-1920 -- Personal narratives, American. Mexico. Missouri. North America -- Mexican-American Border Region. North America -- Rio Grande Valley. Texas. Biography. History. Military history. Personal narratives -- American.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7644140

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Other authors / contributors:	Patrick, Jeffrey L., 1963-
ISBN:	9781603440967 (cloth : alk. paper) 1603440968 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-195) and index.

Table of Contents:

List of Illustrations and Maps
Acknowledgments
Notes on Editorial Method
Introduction
1. The Missouri National Guard
2. A Civilian Visits Mexico
3. Joining the Regulars
4. El Paso
5. Texas City
6. Return to Missouri
7. Back to the Border-As a Civilian
8. Laredo
9. Ramireno
10. The End of Border Service
11. Editor's Postscript
Appendix A. The U.S. Army, the National Guard, and Mexico
Appendix B. Schrantz's Letters to the Carthage Evening Press
Notes
Bibliography
Index