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Title: Apache Days and After
Review: This book chronicles the travels of a young - then older, Cavalry Officer in New Mexico, west Texas, and eastern Arizona during the second half of the 19th century.Being a resident of New Mexico for the past 40+ years, I was struck by two things in this book.First, the great distances these people traveled via horseback, and the surprising speed, in some cases. Secondly, the travels were easy to follow because many of the communities mentioned still exist to this day!! One could use it as a travel guide, if you're adventurous enough.Anyway, no matter how romantic John Ford may have made cavalry life seem, I think it was a grinding existance, and I'm glad I' a 20th or 21st century traveler! Sometimes tedious, but always interesting.
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