title: "Surrounded by Dangers of All Kinds": The Mexican War Letters of
 Lieutenant Theodore Laidley
title: War and the Southwest Series
creator: McCaffrey, James M., 1946-
creator: Laidley, Theodore, 1822-1886.
publisher: University of North Texas Press
date: 1997
language: English
description: This book contains a collection of letters written by Lieutenant
 Theodore Thadeus Sobieski (T. T. S.) Laidley between 1845 and 1848.  The
 letters discuss life as a soldier during the Mexican War; most of the letters
 were written from various stations in Mexico.  Each letter is bracketed by
 editorial commentary on the historical context and the collection is prefaced
 by a brief biography of Laidley's life prior to the first letter.  Index
 starts on page 179.
subject: Laidley, Theodore, 1822-1886 -- Correspondence.
subject: Mexican War, 1846-1848 -- Personal narratives, American.
subject: Soldiers -- West Virginia -- Cabell County -- Correspondence.
subject: Social Life and Customs - Correspondence
subject: People - Individuals
subject: Military and War - Personnel
subject: Military and War - Wars - Mexican War
subject: letters
subject: epistolary collections
coverage: United States
coverage: Mexico
coverage: Mexican Texas, 1821-1835
coverage: The Texas Revolution, 1835-1836
coverage: 1774-1886
type: Book
format: xxiv, 185 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
format: Text
identifier: oclc: 37001773
identifier: isbn: 1574410342
identifier: call-no: E411.L34 1997
identifier: lccn: 97-22086
identifier: untcat: b2055320
identifier: http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28333/
identifier: ark: ark:/67531/metadc28333