An Apache Campaign In The Sierra Madre. An Account Of The Expedition In Pursuit Of The Hostile Chiricahua Apaches In The Spring Of 1883

JOHN G. BOURKE

Publication: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886, New York

First edition. 12mo. Original yellow cloth, titles stamped in black on front cover and gold on the spine, iv [2], 112 [2] pp. plus 16 pp. of advertisements, preface, illustrated. First-hand account of the 1883 campaign against the Apaches. In the spring of 1883, the U.S. Army pursued Geronimo and his band of Chiricahua Apaches into Mexico to the hidden recesses of the Sierra Madre Mountains. No Mexican or American soldiers had ever penetrated this region before. DAB praises Bourke as an accurate writer and an acute observer of Indian customs and ethnology. Bourke often made his notes in the field. He served for fourteen years under Crook in Arizona and the Southwest. Previous owners bookplate on front pastedown. Minor professional reinforcement of the internal front hinge, with light wear to spine ends and corners. Most of the gilt on spine has oxidized. A very good copy of this increasingly rare classic of the Apache Wars. Protected in custom slipcase.

Inventory Number: 51706