The Diaries Of John Gregory Bourke, Volume Three: June 1,1878-June 22, 1880

CHARLES M (EDITOR) ROBINSON III

Publication: University of North Texas Press, 2007, Denton

First Edition. Cloth. ix, 555pp. Frontispiece. Illustrations. Introduction. Bibliography. Index. The third volume of a multiple volume set that presents the extensive diaries that Bourke kept from 1872 in Arizona until his death in 1896. John Gregory Bourke kept a monumental set of diaries beginning as a young cavalry lieutenant in Arizona in 1872, and ending the evening before his death in 1896. As aide-de-camp to Brigadier General George Crook, he had an insider’s view of the early Apache campaigns, the Great Sioux War, the Cheyenne Outbreak, and the Geronimo War. Bourke’s writings reveal much about military life on the western frontier, but he also was a noted ethnologist, writing extensive descriptions of American Indian civilization and illustrating his diaries with sketches and photographs. An amazing military historian and ethnologist. As New in dust jacket.

Inventory Number: 50698