Dr. Henry R. Porter: The Surgeon Who Survived Little BighornMcFarland, 27 Ιουλ 2010 - 231 σελίδες "Custer came to me and said: 'Porter, there is a large camp of Indians ahead, and we are going to have a great killing.'" The words of army contract surgeon Henry R. Porter are chilling today in their matter-of-fact reference to the battle to come--a battle of which Porter would be one of the few white survivors. Drawing on his writings, this biography tells the story of Porter's transformation from young easterner to ambitious frontier settler and medical practicioner in mid-19th century America. In its details of frontier life, of the infamous Battle of Little Bighorn, and of Porter's later travels around the world (which ended with his death in Agra, India), the reader finds richness that brings history vividly to life. Appendices contain a list of items from the North Dakota Historical Society's Henry R. Porter collection and a detailed Porter lineage. |
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Medical School Adventures | 8 |
Western Adventures | 19 |
Bismarck on the Frontier | 30 |
The Road to Little Bighorn | 42 |
The Battle as Seen by Porter | 54 |
After the Battle | 61 |
A Capital Matter | 110 |
Farewell to Lottie | 119 |
Banking Business | 128 |
Travels Abroad | 133 |
Italian Journey | 141 |
Up the Nile | 147 |
Travels to the Holy Land and Around the Mediterranean | 153 |
Washington and Bismarck | 162 |
Recalling the Battle | 66 |
Return to Bismarck | 76 |
Hail to the Chief | 83 |
Early Business Ventures | 91 |
The Reno Inquiry | 96 |
Banking on Bismarck | 105 |
Final Years | 170 |
Forgotten Hero | 180 |
Appendix BPorter Lineage | 189 |
Bibliography | 209 |
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Dr. Henry R. Porter: The Surgeon Who Survived Little Bighorn L.G. Walker, Jr., M.D. Δεν υπάρχει διαθέσιμη προεπισκόπηση - 2007 |