Name/Title
The Little War of Private Post: The Spanish-American War Seen Up CloseEntry/Object ID
2015.4.247Description
reprinted from the original 1960 edition, the 1999 printing is the First Bison Edition. According to 'Military Affairs' and reprinted on the back of the book, "This posthumous publication on the War with Spain is a generally straightforward, often amusing, frequently colorful, and occasionally gripping narrative of a New york artist-volunteer who landed with the Fifth Army Corps at iboney, rusehd to the aid of the Rough Riders at Las Guasimas, fought through the horrors of Bloody Ford and Hell's Pocket, participated in the siege of Santiago, and survived the fever-ridden aftermath at Montauk Point."
Paperback, reprint of 1960 edition. First Bison Books Edition. the cover is pale mustard, with the title and author's name in black letters. The front features a detail of the painting "Bloody Ford" by Charles Johnson Post. The back features a brief review of the book, along with a biogrpahy of the author, as well as brief biographies of the authors of the introduction to the Bison Edition.Collection
ScarmuzziAcquisition
Accession
2015.4.0Source or Donor
Patricia A. ScarmuzziAcquisition Method
Gift