A Splendid Savage. The Restless Life Of Frederick Russell Burnham

STEVE KEMPER

Publication: WW NORTON & Company, 2016, New York

First edition. 8vo. 436pp. Hardcover in pictorial dust jacket. Dedication. Contents. Prologue. Appendix. Notes. Selected Bibliography. Index. Fine in dust jacket with one 2 1/2" closed tear to foot of flap fold else fine. Burnham was, "One of the few people who could turn his garrulous friend Theodore Roosevelt into a listener, Burnham was once world-famous as "the American scout." His expertise in woodcraft, learned from frontiersmen and Indians, helped inspire another friend, Robert Baden-Powell, to found the Boy Scouts. His adventures encompassed Apache wars and range feuds, booms and busts in mining camps around the globe, explorations in remote regions of Africa, and death-defying military feats that brought him renown and high honors." Very well researched.

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