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The Last Camel Charge
The Last Camel Charge: The Untold Story of America's Desert Military Experiment | Forrest Bryant Johnson
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In the mid-nineteenth century, the U.S. Army was on the verge of employing a weapon that had never before been seen on its native soil: a cavalry mount that would fare better than both mules and horses in the American Southwest... Against the Mojave in the Arizona Territory, against the Mormons in Utah Territory, during the early stages of the Civil War, the camel would become part of military history and a nearly forgotten chapter of Americana. This is the true story of that experiment and the extraordinary group of people who it brought together. The Last Camel Charge gives them their due as a vital piece of American history. INCLUDES PHOTOS
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#ReadInAruba I was finally able to finish this book as well. This is an IN-DEPTH(!!) look at a very specific time in history. The author goes over what seems like every single factor, though I especially enjoyed his descriptions of the Mojave. There is so much exposition in this book that there are over 200 pages before we even get to the charge! Yet the wait is worth it.

#nonfiction #history #americansouthwest #19thcentury #militaryhistory

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*snickers*