Mccaffrey, James M.

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MCCAFFREY, James M.

MCCAFFREY, James M. American, b. 1946. Genres: History. Career: Structural engineer, 1970-86; University of Houston-Downtown, Houston, TX, history professor, 1989-. Publications: This Band of Heroes: Granbury's Texas Brigade, C.S.A., 1985, 1996; Army of Manifest Destiny: The American Soldier in the Mexican War, 1846-1848, 1992; (with J.F. Kinney) Wake Island Pilot: A World War II Memoir, 1995; "Surrounded by Dangers of All Kinds": The Mexican War Letters of Lieutenant Theodore Laidley, 1997. Address: Social Sciences Department, University of Houston- Downtown, 1 Main St, Houston, TX 77002, U.S.A.

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