Chiefs, Agents & Soldiers: Conflict on the Navajo Frontier, 1868-1882 by William Haas Moore - 1994-05

University of New Mexico Press. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

xxiv+355 pages with 8 figures, 2 maps, bibliography and index. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's green cloth with silver lettering to spine and cover in original jacket. First edition.In Navajo history the decades immediately following the release from the Bosque Redondo in 1868 are years of privation. Reunion with their homeland soothed some of the sorrow of their Long Walk, but daily life for the Navajo remained nearly as harsh as at Fort Sumner. In the fourteen years following their incarceration, Navajo leaders struggled constantly to feed their people while abiding by the terms of their release to avoid armed conflict and cease raiding. In this ethnohistory, the chiefs - particularly Barboncito, Ganado Mucho and Manuelito - emerge as extraordinary leaders who held together a fragile peace by alternately accommodating the challenging often hostile officials while convincing their people to endure hardships born of Washington's disregard for their welfare. When… Read More

Univ of New Mexico Pr, 1994. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Near fine book and jacket..

Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1994. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 355pp.incl.index; HB bluegray w/silver; fine conditon w/clean,tight pgs. DJ white w/blue; slight rub w/'sticker ghost'. "This volume attempts to begin the process of examining late nineteenth-century Navajo history in detail." some illus.

Albuquerque:: University of New Mexico Press,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1994. Hardcover. 0826314759 . Stated first edition. Review copy with slip laid in. Slight spine slant, else very good in a very good dust jacket. .

Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1994. Book. Illus. by Photographs, Map. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Near fine/VG, used hc, ix-xxiv, 355pp. Green colored cloth over boards with silver text on upper and spine. Dust jacket has outline text on upper and spine; slight edge wear; former price sticker on lower. Interior pages clean, unmarked. Binding is tight..

Univ of New Mexico Pr, 1994-05-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 3.5533 in x 23.0964 in x 14.4670 in.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Univ of New Mexico Pr, 1994-05-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 3.5533 in x 23.0964 in x 14.4670 in.

Albuquerque: Univ. New Mexico Press, 1994. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 355 pages, maps, illustrations..