Colorado. South Of The Border

RALPH C. TAYLOR

Publication: Sage Books, 1963, Denver

First edition. 8vo. Cloth, 561 pp., foreword, illustrated, portraits, index. In a series of swift-moving chapters the author tells the story of Colorado along with more than 150 pictures. Many important incidents and dramas are explained such as the Santa Fe Trail, the Mexican Land Grants, the Civil War Rebels on the Greenhorn, etc. Outstanding pioneers and characters are reviewed such as Kit Carson, Uncle Dick Wooten, Bat Masterson, Sister Blandina, Damon Runyon, etc. Attractive dust jacket art by Fred Harman, creator of Red Ryder and Little Beaver cartoon strip and western show. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket with minor wear to the spine ends.