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. Jennewein 61: "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." "A truly great book on both Apaches and Arizona Frontier..."--J. Frank Dobie. "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. Some minor wear to spine ends and corners. Inner front hinge is cracked, as is the upper portion of the inner rear hinge, but both are holding tight. An unusually bright, attractive copy.