Noble Brutes: Camels on the American Frontier

This book details the U.S. government's experiment with camels in the Army before the outbreak of the Civil War. Imported from the Middle East in 1855 on the navy's USS Supply, the camels were commissioned as beasts of burden in the survey expeditions across the arid Southwest. With an extensive collection of rare photographs, drawings, and maps, this historically accurate narrative is highlighted by numerous excerpts from journals by those who actually lived the adventure.