California Joe, Noted Scout And Indian Fighter, With An Authentic Account Of Custer's Last Fight By Colonel William H. C. Bowen, Formerly Of The United States Army

JOE E. AND EARLE R. FORREST MILNER

Publication: The Caxton Printers, Ltd, 1935, Caldwell

First edition. 8vo. Inscribed on the front free fly leaf "To Mr. William MacLeod Raine, In deep appreciation for your courtesy and help with my Pleasant Valley manuscript, and with my best wishes. Sincerely, Earle R. Forrest, Washington, Pennsylvania, May 24th, 1935." William MacLeod Raine was a noted author and historian of Western Americana. Also on the front pastedown sheet is the stamped name and address of Fred and Jo Mazzula, Denver, Colorado noted authors and historians of Western Americana. Original green cloth with titles and decorations stamped in gold gilt on the front cover and spine, 396 pp., author's preface, Introduction by Franklin W. Hall. Introduction by the late Colonel William H. C. Bowen, frontispiece (California Joe in the Black Hills, 1875), illustrated, portraits, appendix, index. The story of Moses E. Milner, famous from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean as "California Joe." He ranked with such men as Kit Carson, Wild Bill Hickok, Buffalo Bill Cody, Captain Jack Crawford, the North Bothers, Billy Comstock, Jack Corbin, and Charley Reynolds, but to the present generation he is scarcely more than a name. "California Joe" was one of the greatest scouts in all the West and was a mountain man, Mexican War veteran, Forty-niner, Oregon pioneer, gold-seeker in California, Idaho, and Montana, Indian fighter, and army scout. The authentic account by Colonel William H. C. Bowen of "Custer's Last Fight" provides his first-hand account of the battle. Six Guns 1507 says "Scarce." "Rich in information about Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Hickok." A fine, bright copy in the scarce and bright, lightly used dust jacket with minor wear to the extremities.

Inventory Number: 52663