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THE SHAWNEES AND THE WAR FOR AMERICA.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Penguin, (2007.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first title in the series 'The Penguin Library of American Indian History' under the general editorship of Calloway. A concise, but still accurate history, of the conflicts between these Indians, in their struggle to remain independent, and the early American settlers' drive to move westward and to occupy more and more land. Notes, bibliography, index. 216 pp. ISBN: 9780670038626.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 50647More details Price: $18.00 -
SON OF THE MORNING STAR: Custer and the Little Bighorn.
Edition: Fifth printing.
San Francisco: North Point Press, 1984. dj. Hardcover - An excellent nonfiction work on Custer, frontispiece by Leonard Baskin. Bibliography, index, 441 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-86547-1606.
Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (light stamp to top edge, price-clipped, some sunning to spine of dj.)
Book ID: 44037More details Price: $16.00 -
LIFE AND MANNERS IN THE FRONTIER ARMY.
Edition: First printing.
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, (1978) dj. Hardcover first edition - A study of the officers and ladies of the Army during the period of the Indian wars from 1865 to 1890. Much of this is based on the realistic descriptions by the popular Western novelist, Charles King, who was a captain in the Fifth U.S. Cavalry. Notes, bibliography, index. vii, 280 pp. ISBN: 0-806114401.
Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (price-clipped).
Book ID: 68947More details Price: $21.50 -
SUFFICIENT REASON?" An Examination of Terry's Celebrated Order to Custer.
Edition: First printing.
London: The English Westerners' Society, London,
1977. English Westerners' Special Publication No. 5. Copy number 282 out of 500 numbered copies in the first printing. An investigation of whether or not Custer disobeyed Terry's orders, thus leading to the total defeat of the Army forces at Little Big Horn. Includes notes at the end of each chapter. 96 pp plus map and 2 pp about the society.Condition: Good only- some creasing, soiling and wear to yellow printed covers.
Book ID: 69163More details Price: $20.00 -
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 -
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