New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1962. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Cloth linen spine over red cloth-covered boards (hardcover); dustjacket; map endpapers; 251pp; 4 inserted leaves of unnumbered plates; includes bibliography. Gentle rubbing to bottom board edges, else a tight, clean copy, about Fine. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $4.95 on front flap); very slightly sunned on spine panel, with minute wear at head and heel, else crisp and clean; Near Fine.

Detailed account by the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian of Fort Kearny, Wyoming and the so-called "Fetterman Massacre" of 1866.

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Bookseller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 60490
Title: Fort Phil Kearny: an American Saga
Author: BROWN, Dee
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1962
Bookseller catalogs: Mountain West; Native Americans;

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