The Frontier Trail or From Cowboy To Colonel: An Authentic Narrative of Forty-Three Years in the Old West as Cattleman, Indian Fighter and Army Officer
by Wheeler, Col. Homer W.; Introduction By Major-General James G. Harbord
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Los Angeles: Times-Mirror Press, 1923. 334pp. front end papers seperated at the gutter, with hinge reglued and tight; textblock very clean; binding has moderate spine wear and lightly bumped & worn corners; Lacks dust jacket; Howes W-322; Adams-Herd 2500; Adams Six-Guns 2376 relates that the author wasn't always careful in checking his facts, so the narrative should be read with that in mind, and several examples of careless research are discussed.. First Edition. Brown Cloth. Good+. Illus. by Photographs. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover.
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- Bookseller
- Clausen Books, RMABA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SJ663
- Title
- The Frontier Trail or From Cowboy To Colonel: An Authentic Narrative of Forty-Three Years in the Old West as Cattleman, Indian Fighter and Army Officer
- Author
- Wheeler, Col. Homer W.; Introduction By Major-General James G. Harbord
- Illustrator
- Photographs
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Times-Mirror Press
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles
- Date Published
- 1923
- Keywords
- Old West, Cattleman, Indian Fighters, Western Americana, Western Autobiographies
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Clausen Books, RMABA
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Colorado Springs, Colorado
About Clausen Books, RMABA
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