Savage Scene, The Life And Times Of James Kirker, Frontier King.

WILLIAM COCHRAN MCGAW

Publication: Hastings House, Publishers, 1972, New York

First edition. Cloth, 242pp., num. illus. Jim Kirker was a man of considerable accomplishments. ...He joined Ashley and Henry's trapping expedition up the Missouri River, trapped the Rocky Mountains, rode wagon trains along the Santa Fe Trail, worked a mine in Chihuahua and became a Mexican citizen. He contracted with the Mexican government to lead a punitive expedition against the Apaches. The Mexican government was unable to pay so Kirker joined the Missouri volunteers when the Mexican-American War broke out. Excellent bibliography. Fine, in lightly-rubbed dust jacket. Card signed by McGaw laid-in. Also laid-in is a copy of an article that appeared in the Santa Fe Republican on November 20, 1947, entitled: Captain Don Santiago Kicker (James Kicker) The Indian Fighter, His Warring Against The Apaches From 1836 to 1847. On very thin paper with no attribution of publication.16mo. 8pp. Stapled.

Inventory Number: 52033