Peddlers And Post Traders. The Army Sutler On The Frontier

DAVID MICHAEL DELO

Publication: University of Utah Press, 1992, Salt Lake City

First edition. 8vo. Gray cloth, titles stamped in copper-toned gilt, maps on front and rear endpapers, introduction, illustrated from photographs, portraits, epilogue, notes, bibliography, index. The army sutler was a civilian who sold comestibles and small wares to men under arms. Sutlers were originally camp followers, but when the army realized that these men helped stabilize frontier military life, suttling became a formal military support activity. The author examines the changing nature of sutlery and its practitioners during the 19th century. As new, unread copy in dust jacket.

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