Peddlers and post traders : the army sutler on the frontier
History
278 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
9780966221817, 0966221818
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pt. I. The camp follower, pre-1821
Early American camp followers
With America's fledgling frontier army
Risks, losses, and retreats
Suttling on the Mississippi
pt. II. The Army Post Sutler, 1821-1860
Creation of the Army Post Sutler, 1820-1840
The evolution of Suttling, 1820-1840
Successful Pre-Civil War Sutlers
pt. III. The Civil War Sutlers, 1861-1866
The Civil War Sutler at large
Controlling a necessary evil
pt. IV. The military post trader, 1867-1893
Doing without the army Sutler
Patronage and the military post trader
The military post trader as entrepreneur
The beginning of hard times
The end of an era
A niche in American history
Originally published: Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, ©1992