On The Border With Crook.

JOHN G. BOURKE

Publication: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1891, New York

First Edition. Decorated in silver gilt, Original Maroon Cloth, dark brown front and rear endpapers, xiii [3], 491 [5] pp., Frontispiece [portrait], Preface, Illustrated. A classic work on the Indian Wars. "This a standard account of Crook's western military career from Arizona to Montana. Bourke was a Captain in the Third Cavalry and Aide-De-Camp to Crook."-Jennewein 61. "As aide-de-camp to General Crook in the Third Cavalry in Arizona and Montana, Bourke maintained diaries describing military life during the Indian Wars. Of great interest are the eyewitness accounts of the battles at Powder River, the Rosebud, and Slim Buttes. This work is a classic on the Indian Wars of the West."--O'Keefe 190. "A truly great book on both Apaches and Arizona Frontier..."--J. Frank Dobie. Previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper. Some light wear to spine ends and corners. Inner front hinge is cracked, as is upper third of inner rear hinge, but holding tight.