James Pierson Beckwourth, An Enigmatic Figure Of The West, A History Of The Latter Years Of His Life

NOLIE MUMEY

Publication: The Old West Publishing Company, 1957, Denver

First Edition. #28 of a Numbered and Signed Edition of 500 Copies. Cloth. 188 pp. Color Frontispiece tipped-in. Numerous illustrations. Beckwourth was a Black/mixed-race man. He was born into slavery in Virginia and was the son of a white enslaver and an enslaved woman of African ancestry. After gaining his freedom, he became one of the most remarkable figures of the Rocky Mountain West ... a fur trapper, hunter, pioneer, prospector, trader, scout, explorer, rancher and interpreter. He became deeply integrated into Crow society, was recognized as a Crow chief, and spent years living among the Crow. Also covers John Chivington, Black Kettle and the Sand Creek Massacre. Former owner's inked name and address at top of front pastedown sheet else a fine, bright tight copy in a lightly soiled cream colored dust jacket