Pershing of the West: The Formative Days of Black Jack Pershing in the American Frontier

Most Americans familiar with General John J. “Black Jack” Pershing know him as the commander of American Expeditionary Forces in Europe during the latter days of WWI – but Pershing’s military career began in 1886 with his graduation from West Point and his first assignments in the American West as a horsebound cavalry officer during the final days of Apache resistance in the Southwest. Dr. Tim McNeese, author of “Time in the Wilderness: The Formative Years of John ‘Black Jack’ Pershing in the American West” explores the influence of Pershing’s 30-year experience in the Philippines and American West on his ultimate assignment as the top American commander during the Great War.

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