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Post, Charles Johnson, 1873-1956.

The little war of Private Post: the Spanish-American War seen up
close / Charles Johnson Post; with illustrations by the author;
introduction to the Bison Books edition by Graham A. Cosmas and
Marylou K. Gjernes.

p. cm.

Originally published: Boston: Little, Brown, 1960.

ISBN 0-8032-8757-7 (pbk.: alk. paper)

1. Post, Charles Johnson, 1873-1956. 2. Santiago Campaign,
1898 -- Personal narratives. 3. Spanish-American War, 1898 --
Personal narratives. 4. United States. Army. New York Infantry
Regiment, 71st (Militia), ( 1852- ) 5. Santiago Campaign,
1898 -- Pictorial works. 6. Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Pictorial
works. 7. Soldiers as artists -- United States -- Biography. I Title.

E717.1.P6 1999

973.8'93 -- dc21

99-10211 CIP

Reprinted from the original 1960 edition by Little, Brown and
Company, Boston.

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