A Most Desperate Situation Frontier Adventures of a Young Scout,1858-1864 by Cooper, Walter; Rick Newby & C. M. Russell - 2000

Helena, Montana: TwoDot. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 1560448911 . Bright purple cover w/gold title. Appears unread. Cooper (1843-1924), traveled west at a young age to seek fame and fortune. A story of incredible adventures, meetings of Kit Carson, collisions with Navajo, Comanche, Apaches and others as he scouted his path through the west from Michigan into the Southwest and finally up north to Montana. In 1913 he commissioned Charles M. Russell to provide art work for his manuscript which is just now being published along with eleven never before published Russell pen and inks, historical photos and Russell-Cooper correspondence. Remainder mark, else a beautiful, unread copy. Frontier and pioneer life --Montana, Frontier and pioneer life --West (U.S, Pioneers --Montana --Biography, Pioneers --West (U.S.) --Biography, Montana --Biography, West (U.S.) --Biography, Bozeman (Mont.) --Biography; Remainder; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 360 pages .