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On the Border with Crook (Classics of the Old West series)
by Bourke, John G
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- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
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About This Item
USA: Time-Life Books, 1980. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xvi, 492pp, with portrait frontispiece and occasional black and white illustrations. A facsimile reprint of the original 1891 publication. Bound in full brown leather with blind embossed decorations and gilt lettering front and spine. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Yellow satin ribbon marker bound in. 8vo. Boards very slightly rounded on corners. Original leaflet from the publisher, giving details of John Bourke and his writing, Crook and the Indian Wars loosely laid in, together with an original, unused 'classics of the old west' ex libris bookplate. Most remember only one military leader from the Indian Wars, George Armstrong Custer, who gained lasting fame by losing his entire command and his own life through an excess of zeal. Here is the story of a very different hero on the Indian Wars. In some ways General George Crook was the hero of those wars. He defeated the Sioux and the Apache and their legendary chieftains Geronimo and Crazy Horse. A beautiful book
Synopsis
“There is an old saying in the Army which teaches that you can never know a man until after having made a scout with him in bad weather. All the good qualities and bad in the human makeup force their way to the surface under the stimulus of privation and danger, .... late friend and commander ....present volume, there will be found collected descriptions of the regions in which the major portion of General Crook’s Indian work was carried on; the people, both red and white, with whom he was brought into contact; the difficulties with which he had to contend, and the manner in which he overcame them.” -from the preface.
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- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017940
- Title
- On the Border with Crook (Classics of the Old West series)
- Author
- Bourke, John G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Time-Life Books
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1980
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Indian Wars, General Crook, General Custer, American History, United States,
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