{"product_id":"fanny-dunbar-corbusier-recollections-of-her-army-life-1869-1908-paperback-softback-9780806195506","title":"Fanny Dunbar Corbusier; Recollections of Her Army Life, 1869-1908 (Paperback \/ softback) 9780806195506","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFanny Dunbar Corbusier\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eRecollections of Her Army Life, 1869-1908\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eFanny Dunbar Corbusier (Author), Patricia Y. Stallard (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780806195506\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 13 February 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e372 pages, 24 b\u0026amp;w illus., 1 map\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.713 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMrs. Corbusier writes from the unique perspective of a surgeon’s wife, and we have a picture not only of an army wife, but of an army wife who saw many different aspects of frontier military life and frontier life in general\u003c\/i\u003e.\"—Charles M. Robinson, author of \u003ci\u003eGeneral Crook and the Western Frontier\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Good Year to Die: The Story of the Great Sioux War\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eOf the memoirs penned by wives of nineteenth-century army officers, this is among the best and most detailed. The woman’s perspective of events that transpired in the Indian-fighting army is a much needed counterbalance to the male-dominated histories of these same events\u003c\/i\u003e.\"—Darlis Miller, author of \u003ci\u003eMary Hallock Foote: Author-Illustrator of the American West\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eBorn in Baltimore in 1838, Fanny Dunbar grew up in Louisiana to a family who survived the hardships of the Civil War. An intelligent, sensitive woman, Fanny experienced a radical life change when she met William Henry Corbusier, a Yankee officer and army surgeon. Her memoir recounts their subsequent forty-eight year marriage. \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e The events of Fanny’s life are sometimes amusing but more often dramatic. The Corbusiers moved frequently, but Fanny made moving an art form, often selling all the family possessions to avoid high shipping rates. She learned to cope with primitive living conditions and harsh climates. She raised five sons at posts with no schools. But Fanny took her job as a mother seriously, providing her sons with a broad education and a nurturing home. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Corbusier’s long life and her husband’s thirty-nine-year career in the army (recounted in his memoir Soldier, Surgeon, Scholar) allow the reader to experience the period between the Civil War and World War I in totality, including her exceptional memories of the Spanish-American War and the Philippine Insurrection. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e As the recollections of two people whose lives played out against a world panorama, Fanny and William’s memoirs together provide a rare opportunity to examine events of frontier military life from both male and female perspectives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","brand":"University of Oklahoma Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52551759102232,"sku":"9780806195506","price":18.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/fanny-dunbar-corbusier-recollections-of-her-army-life-1869-1908-paperback-softback-9780806195506","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}