Frederick W. Lander: The Great Natural American Soldier

by Gary L. Ecelbarger

Book Overview

Tall and handsome, vigorous and hot-tempered, fearless to a fault, Frederick W. Lander (1821-1862) became one of the most name-recognized Americans in the years 1854 to 1862. A top-notch railroad and wagon-road engineer in the western territories, a popular lyceum speaker, a published fic-tion writer and poet, an adept negotiator with Native Americans, and an agent for the Lincoln administration and the Union army, the Massachusetts native...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807125806
• ISBN13: 9780807125809
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 347 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.3"