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Border Command (General Phil Sheridan in the West)
by Rister, Carl Coke
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Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1944. Fine in a Very Good+ dustjacket. Fully bound in light blue cloth. The spine is stamped in dark blue and gilt. 244pps., plus 11 pages of photos of various players in the western theater and a pull-out map of Sheridan's Winter Campaign of 1868-69. First Edition stated. There is a mild bump at the head of the spine, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has modest rubbing wear at the spine-ends and a one-and-a-half inch closed tear at the top of the front panel at the gutter. The original price is intact. An excellent copy, overall.
"...Philip Henry Sheridan emerged from the Civil War as one of the greatest military leaders that the United States had so far produced. But a brilliant and colorful period in his career lay ahead, in the years from 1868 to 1876, when, as commander in the West, he was to solve the 'Indian Problem' by forcing the recalcitrants among the Plains Indian tribes to their knees. Sheridan's edge-of-the-sword policy halted, in less than a decade, the greatest part of the sanguinary warfare of almost forty years' duration that had hampered settlement and disrupted commerce between the Mississippi and the Rocky Mountains. His campaigns, waged largely in the deep snows of winter to catch the Indians off guard, and the names of the antagonists have become almost legendary in the American story. Sheridan, Sherman, Custer, Miles, Buffalo Bill, Satank, Sitting Bull, and a hundred others are known for their part in the second great war which followed the victory at Appomattox..."
Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Money back guarantee. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. . First Edition. CARL COKE RISTER BORDER COMMAND FIRST EDITIONS AMERICAN HISTORY PHILIP HENRY SHERIDAN BIOGRAPHY WILD WEST WESTERN UNITED STATES 1800S PLAINS INDIANS WARFARE CAVALRY GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER BUFFALO BILL SITTING BULL SATANK ARICKAREE WASHITA FORT COBB KIOWA SATANTA SIOUX COMANCHE CHEYENNE NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES WAR WARFARE. Catalogs: NonFiction, Wild West, Biography, American History, War.
"...Philip Henry Sheridan emerged from the Civil War as one of the greatest military leaders that the United States had so far produced. But a brilliant and colorful period in his career lay ahead, in the years from 1868 to 1876, when, as commander in the West, he was to solve the 'Indian Problem' by forcing the recalcitrants among the Plains Indian tribes to their knees. Sheridan's edge-of-the-sword policy halted, in less than a decade, the greatest part of the sanguinary warfare of almost forty years' duration that had hampered settlement and disrupted commerce between the Mississippi and the Rocky Mountains. His campaigns, waged largely in the deep snows of winter to catch the Indians off guard, and the names of the antagonists have become almost legendary in the American story. Sheridan, Sherman, Custer, Miles, Buffalo Bill, Satank, Sitting Bull, and a hundred others are known for their part in the second great war which followed the victory at Appomattox..."
Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Money back guarantee. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. . First Edition. CARL COKE RISTER BORDER COMMAND FIRST EDITIONS AMERICAN HISTORY PHILIP HENRY SHERIDAN BIOGRAPHY WILD WEST WESTERN UNITED STATES 1800S PLAINS INDIANS WARFARE CAVALRY GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER BUFFALO BILL SITTING BULL SATANK ARICKAREE WASHITA FORT COBB KIOWA SATANTA SIOUX COMANCHE CHEYENNE NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES WAR WARFARE. Catalogs: NonFiction, Wild West, Biography, American History, War.
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- Title
- Border Command (General Phil Sheridan in the West)
- Author
- Rister, Carl Coke
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- University of Oklahoma Press
- Place of Publication
- Norman, Oklahoma
- Date Published
- 1944
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