REMINISCENCES OF A CENTENARIAN by Amasa Gleason Clark war Mexico, Bandera, Texas

Description: Herring Printing Co., Kerrville, TX 1972. Original First printing in hardcover. 90 pages with photographs in book and also mimeographed photos laid in. Also laid in is a mimeographed letter to Amasa Clark from Texas Congressman, C.B. Hudspeth. A close to Fine copy SIGNED on front endpaper by Amasa Clark's daughter, Bessie Schmidtke. No other markings. Dust jacket is Near Fine but was cut at a length shorter than book by about 1/2". Shipping---see details. Amasa Clark, who in the ruggedness of young manhood penetrated the onetime wilderness where Bandera now stands, is the living proof that fourscore and ten and even more years are not always a handicap to activities late in life. For almost three-quarters of a century he has been living near Bandera. His advent there had all of the thrills of pioneering in a savage-infested country, devoid of even crude comforts except those that hardy souls might create in the strenuous struggle of hewing a path for civilization.A word painter, with vision enough to grasp history in the making, could weave a wonderful story of the life of this grand old man, Amasa Clark, who looks serenely back upon almost a hundred years of the greatest changes the world has ever known. Men have looked with awe upon some inanimate object—a tree or a towering peak—that has stood immutable amid the great changes of the years. Amasa Clark has watched changes as great, and more, he can tell of them. His memory is fresh and he tells the story with interest and spirit.Born on September 3, 1825 in Schoharie County. New York, Amasa Clark joined the United States Army Third Infantry, Company I in January 1847. Given the choice of enlisting for the duration of the war or five years, like most young men he choose the duration. After a month's training at Governor's Island, the Third Infantry shipped to Point Isabel, Texas, and then joined the invasion fleet of General Winfield Scott anchored off of the Mexican port city of Vera Cruz. During the first amphibious landing in modern history, Clark landed in the second of three waves under the command of General David E. Twiggs. The Mexican army at Vera Cruz did not oppose the landing and the United States forces completed operations by nightfall without sustaining a single casualty.

Price: 15 USD

Location: Gordon, Nebraska

End Time: 2025-01-19T00:03:13.000Z

Shipping Cost: 4.63 USD