Peddlers and Post Traders: The Army Sutler on the Frontier
Language: English
Published by Kingfisher Books, MT, 1998
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: Battleground Books, Yorktown, VA, U.S.A.Battleground Books
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Condition: Used - Very good
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Kingfisher Books, MT. Delo's study has two objectives, first to tell the story of the suttling profession in America and how is changed throughout US military history. He also attempts to define the impact of the sutler on the history of the western frontier. The book has a short signed inscription on the page before the title page. Very good copy of the soft bound first edition. 278 pages.
Seller Inventory # 44628
- Title
- Peddlers and Post Traders: The Army Sutler on the Frontier
- Author
- David M. Delo
- Publisher
- Kingfisher Books, MT
- Publication year
- 1998
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Signed
- Inscribed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0966221818
- ISBN 13
- 9780966221817
During the course of the nineteenth century, the suttling trade increased in complexity and profitability, and attracted a number of opportunists. Although sutlers provided a much-needed service, these men illegally sold whiskey to soldiers and Indians, and during President Grant's administration a number of suttling slots were peddled by officials to the highest bidder.
The ranks of sutlers peaked during the Civil War, but the position was then abolished because of their scandalous wartime activities. Reinstated In 1867 to fill the needs of emigrants, suttling remained active until the end of the century, when it was replaced by the post exchange (PX).
Author David Delo examines the changing nature of sutlery and its practitioners during the nineteenth century and shows how history has emphasized sutlers' disruptive behavior without giving due credit to their contributions as entrepreneurs.
This is an accessible work on an important group of figures in American history.
"Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
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