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Leonaur, 2011. AG5 - A hardcover book in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. Frontier American Series. 8.75"x5.75", 484 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. The author of this book, Captain John Bourke, served on Crook's staff for sixteen years between 1870-86. This put him in an ideal position to witness campaigns against the Indian tribes on the Western Plains, waged by the United States Army under the command of a general who was described by Sherman as 'the greatest Indian fighter the army ever had.' Bourke proved not only to be an excellent cavalry officer, but also a man with a keen sense of history and a fine talent for observation. As a consequence, this book is regarded as one of the best books of Western history ever published and is now recognised as a classic by those interested in the subject. Bourke takes his readers on iconic campaigns and enables them to share his experience in…
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On the Border with Crook: Personal Recollections of the American Indian Wars by an Officer on General Crook's Staff Hardcover - 2011
by John G. Bourke
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“There is an old saying in the Army which teaches that you can never know a man until after having made a scout with him in bad weather. All the good qualities and bad in the human makeup force their way to the surface under the stimulus of privation and danger, .... late friend and commander ....present volume, there will be found collected descriptions of the regions in which the major portion of General Crook’s Indian work was carried on; the people, both red and white, with whom he was brought into contact; the difficulties with which he had to contend, and the manner in which he overcame them.” -from the preface.
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- Title On the Border with Crook: Personal Recollections of the American Indian Wars by an Officer on General Crook's Staff
- Author John G. Bourke
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 488
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Leonaur Ltd
- Date 2011-06-19
- Features Dust Cover
- ISBN 9780857066077 / 0857066072
- Weight 1.66 lbs (0.75 kg)
- Dimensions 8.5 x 5.5 x 1.25 in (21.59 x 13.97 x 3.18 cm)
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- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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