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TIE MY BONES TO HER BACK.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1996) dj. Hardcover first edition - A realistic novel of 19th-century buffalo hunters by this award-winning writer, a story of the struggle for survival among whites "scrabbling to make a living from selling hides and the grim, violent struggle between those whites and the native Indian bands. Otto Dousmann is a Civil War veteran turned hunter, joined by his sister Jenny when their parents die. But things go badly for them; Jenny is raped, Otto crippled. They take refuge with a band of Cheyenne under the care of Two Shields, an Indian buffalo skinner." 271 pp plus a bibliographical note. ISBN: 0-374277591.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 81709More details Price: $21.50 -
TIE MY BONES TO HER BACK.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1996) dj. Hardcover first edition - A realistic novel of 19th-century buffalo hunters by this award-winning writer, a story of the struggle for survival among whites "scrabbling to make a living from selling hides and the grim, violent struggle between those whites and the native Indian bands. Otto Dousmann is a Civil War veteran turned hunter, joined by his sister Jenny when their parents die. But things go badly for them; Jenny is raped, Otto crippled. They take refuge with a band of Cheyenne under the care of Two Shields, an Indian buffalo skinner." 271 pp plus a bibliographical note. ISBN: 0-374277591.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (price-clipped, stamp of previous owner on front endpaper)
Book ID: 81433More details Price: $17.50 -
THE WAY TO THE WEST: Essays on the Central Plains.
Edition: First printing.
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, (1995) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A history of the great migration of Cheyenne Indians and Anglo pioneers onto the arid Central Plains of Kansas, Nebraska and parts of Colorado and Wyoming. SIGNED on the title page A title in the Calvin P. Horn Lectures in Western History and Culture series. Illustrated with many photographs, maps , extensive notes, bibliography, index. x, 244 pp. ISBN: 0-8263-16522.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 67944More details Price: $50.00 -
CONTESTED PLAINS: Indians, Goldseekers, and the Rush to Colorado.
Edition: First printing.
Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Recounts the rise of the Native American horse culture among the Cheyenne and other tribes, the discovery of gold in the Rocky Mountains, and the bitter conflict that ensued, culminating in the massacre at Sand Creek and the Indian wars of the 1860s. SIGNED on the title page Illustrated, notes, bibliography, index. xxiv, 422 pp. ISBN: 0-7006-08915.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 60640More details Price: $35.00 -
CONTESTED PLAINS: Indians, Goldseekers, and the Rush to Colorado.
Edition: First printing.
Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Recounts the rise of the Native American horse culture among the Cheyenne and other tribes, the discovery of gold in the Rocky Mountains, and the bitter conflict that ensued, culminating in the massacre at Sand Creek and the Indian wars of the 1860s. INSCRIBED on the title page to the noted Oklahoma book collector Larry Owens. Laid in is a brief typed, signed letter from West to Owens. Illustrated, notes, bibliography, index. xxiv, 422 pp. ISBN: 0-7006-08915.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 60639More details Price: $45.00 -
KILLING CUSTER: The Battle of the Little Bighorn and the Fate of the Plains Indians.
Edition: Book of the Month Club edition (same size and quality as trade edition).
New York: Norton, (1994.) dj. Hardcover - Native American author's first non-fiction work, the story of the Battle of Little Bighorn and the disastrous consequences for the Plains Indians (the "victors."). Photographs, notes, index. 320 pp. Map endpapers of the Indian wars, 1866-1890. ISBN: 0-393-03657x.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 38639More details Price: $14.00 -
KILLING CUSTER: The Battle of the Little Bighorn and the Fate of the Plains Indians.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Norton, 1994. dj. Hardcover first edition - Native American author's first non-fiction work, the story of the Battle of Little Bighorn and the disastrous consequences for the Plains Indians (the "victors."). Photographs, notes, index. 320 pp. Map endpapers of the Indian wars, 1866-1890. ISBN: 0-393-03657x.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 38638More details Price: $20.00