Douglas C. McChristian

About The Author

Douglas C. McChristian was a research historian for the National Park Service and the author of six books and numerous articles on the history of the American West. His title Fort Laramie: Military Bastion of the High Plains received a Spur Award for best Western nonfiction historical book from the Western Writers of America.

Books by Douglas C. McChristian

Frontier Cavalry Trooper

The Letters of Private Eddie Matthews, 1869–1874

Edited by Douglas C. McChristian
During his five years in the army, Private Edward L. Matthews wrote a series of exceptionally detailed and engaging letters to his family back home in Maryland describing his life in the Arizona and New Mexico Territories. Eddie Matthews’s letters, published here for the first time, provide an un...
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