9780809435852 - On the Border with Crook (Classics of the Old West S.) von Bourke, John G. (5 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. A volume in Time-Life's Classics of the Old West series. Facsimile of the 1891 Charles Scribner's Sons edition. Gilt and black decorations on embossed brown leather. Pages gilt-edged. Bound-in satin bookmark. Series flyer and unmarked bookmark laid in.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Volume of the 'Classics of the Old West' series. Facsimile reprint of the 1891 edition. Gilt titles on embossed brown leather, with gilt-edged pages and satin ribbon bookmark.

Hardcover. Reprint. Reprint of 1891 edition. xiii, [3], 491, [1] p. One of the Classics of the Old West series From Wikipedia: "John Gregory Bourke (June 23, 1846 June 8, 1896) was a captain in the United States Army and a prolific diarist and postbellum author; he wrote several books about the American Old West, including ethnologies of its indigenous peoples. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions while a cavalryman in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Based on his service during the war, his commander nominated him to West Point, where he graduated in 1869, leading to service as an Army officer until 1886. John G. Bourke was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania At sixteen he ran away and lied about his age; claiming to be nineteen, he enlisted in the Fifteenth Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, in which he served until July 1865. He received a Medal of Honor for "gallantry in action" at the Battle of Stones River, Tennessee, in December 1862. He later saw action at the Battle of Chickamauga. His commander, Major General George H. Thomas, nominated Bourke for West Point. He was appointed cadet in the United States Military Academy on October 17, 1865. He graduated on June 15, 1869, and was assigned as a second lieutenant in the Third U.S. Cavalry. He served with his regiment at Fort Craig, New Mexico Territory, from September 29, 1869 to February 19, 1870. He served as an aide to General George Crook in the Apache Wars from 1872 to 1883. As Crook's aide, Bourke had the opportunity to witness every facet of life in the Old West the battles, wildlife, the internal squabbling among the military, the Indian Agency, settlers, and Native Americans." Very good. No dust jacket. Decorative cover has some noticable soiling but slight wear.

Hardcover. 8vo. Full brown blind-embossed calf with gilt lettering. xiii, 491pp. All edges gilt. Frontispiece, 6 illustrations, marbled endpapers, sewn-in yellow silk page marker. Fine. Tight, handsome facsimile of the 1891 Charles Scribner's Sons first edition, which J. Frank Dobie called "A truly great book, on both Apaches and Arizona frontier." Part of this publisher's "Classics of the Old West" series. GRAFF 367. NEW HOWES B 646. RADER 426.