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Shavetails and bell sharps : the history of the U.S. Army mule
- Title
- Shavetails and bell sharps : the history of the U.S. Army mule / Emmett M. Essin.
- Author
- Essin, Emmett M., 1940-
- Publication
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©1997.
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- Description
- xvii, 245 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- The last U.S. Army mules were formally mustered out of the service in Colorado in December of 1956, ending 125 years of military reliance on the virtues of this singular animal. Mush less glamorous than the cavalryman's horse, the Army pack mule was a good deal more important; from the Mexican War through World War II mules were an indispensable adjunct to army movement. The author has exhaustively researched the ubiquitous and yet nearly invisible army mule. Through his work we learn a great deal about military procurement, transport, and supply, the bedrock on which military mobility rests -- Book jacket.
- Alternative Title
- Shavetails & bell sharps
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-236) and index.
- Contents
- The Army mule -- Army mule power in Florida and Mexico -- Mule power in the Army, 1848-1861 -- Mules and the Civil War -- Mules in the West and efficient pack mules for the Army -- Army mules near home and abroad, 1898-1917 -- Army mules from World War I to World War II -- Mules in World War II -- Conclusion: the unwanted army mules.
- ISBN
- 0803218192
- 9780803218192
- LCCN
- 96045626
- OCLC
- ocm35961385
- 35961385
- SCSB-9542138
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library