Winning the West: General Stephen Watts Kearny's Letter Book 1846-1847

From the Introduction by Stephanie Kearny: "General Stephen Watts Kearny had a huge impact on our country. He implemented the political consensus of his era, the consequences of which continue to affect our nation. One hundred and fifty years ago General Kearny led the Army of the West in the American conquest of the Southwest from Mexico…. Today General Kearny's achievements are shrouded in controversy, but the story of his life is interesting and relevant to American history and modern society."

From the introduction to the letter book by Hans von Sachsen-Altenburg: "The Letter Book is preserved in the Missouri Historical Society archive…. The text of this edition is intended to represent as nearly as possible that in the Letter Book in its manuscript form. Abbreviations, errors and misspellings generally have been preserved, including misspellings of many proper names…. Permission to Publish the Letter Book was granted by the Missouri Historical Society…[and] descendants of Stephen Watts Kearny…."

This edition of Kearny's Letter Book contains about 200 pages of introductory material, biographical information on persons mentioned in the Letter Book, and additional letters in addition to the 110 pages of the reproduced Letter Book. It is a special leather bound first edition limited to one thousand copies and published in 1998.

Price: $59.95 plus postage, handling and (if applicable) Mo. sales tax.