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My Confession : Recollections of a Rogue by William H. Goetzmann and Samuel Chamberlain (1997, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherTexas STATE Historical Association
ISBN-100876111568
ISBN-139780876111567
eBay Product ID (ePID)296303
Product Key Features
Book TitleMy Confession : Recollections of a Rogue
Number of Pages400 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1997
TopicUnited States / State & Local / Southwest (Az, NM, Ok, Tx), Military / General, Military / United States, Presidents & Heads of State
IllustratorYes
GenreBiography & Autobiography, History
AuthorWilliam H. Goetzmann, Samuel Chamberlain
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight87.1 Oz
Item Length13.1 in
Item Width10.2 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN96-031788
Edition DescriptionAnnotated edition
SynopsisSamuel Chamberlain's My Confession is a classic, ribald tale of nineteenth-century life. Perhaps the best written account of a soldier's adventures and misadventures in the Mexican War and its aftermath, this unexpurgated edition is now available for the first time, complete with over 150 of Chamberlain's wonderful textual illustrations reproduced in full color. If you enjoyed the Chamberlain paintings assembled in Sam Chamberlain's Mexican War:The San Jacinto Museum of History Paintings , you will be fascinated by the tale in My Confession that goes with it and beyond it into Chamberlain's adventures with the scalp-hunting Glanton Gang (the story that Cormac McCarthy used as the basis for his celebrated novel Blood Meridian ). My Confession is the story of Samuel Chamberlain, a Boston boy who hoped to be a theological student but could not control his amorous and pugilistic inclinations and so left for the West. According to his "Confession," he seduced countless women in the U.S. and Mexico, never missed a fandango, fought gallantly against Mexican guerrillas, and rode with the First Dragoons into the Battle of Buena Vista. His remarkable story is pure melodrama, but Goetzmann has proven by his painstaking research that much of it is true. The editor's annotations are a valuable contribution to an account that virtually every historian of the Mexican War has used., Samuel Chamberlain's My Confession is a classic, ribald tale of nineteenth-century life. Perhaps the best written account of a soldier's adventures and misadventures in the Mexican War and its aftermath, this unexpurgated edition is now available for the first time, complete with over 150 of Chamberlain's wonderful textual illustrations reproduced in full color. If you enjoyed the Chamberlain paintings assembled in Sam Chamberlain's Mexican War: The San Jacinto Museum of History Paintings , you will be fascinated by the tale in My Confession that goes with it and beyond it into Chamberlain's adventures with the scalp-hunting Glanton Gang (the story that Cormac McCarthy used as the basis for his celebrated novel Blood Meridian ). My Confession is the story of Samuel Chamberlain, a Boston boy who hoped to be a theological student but could not control his amorous and pugilistic inclinations and so left for the West. According to his "Confession," he seduced countless women in the U.S. and Mexico, never missed a fandango, fought gallantly against Mexican guerrillas, and rode with the First Dragoons into the Battle of Buena Vista. His remarkable story is pure melodrama, but Goetzmann has proven by his painstaking research that much of it is true. The editor's annotations are a valuable contribution to an account that virtually every historian of the Mexican War has used.
LC Classification NumberE411.C45 1996
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- Mar 08, 2017
Great deal on a great book
I got an amazing deal on this book. I also own the original first edition. This book is huge! Definitely part of living room now. It has great full color original drawings and pictures of the original manuscript.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
