Personal Recollections / And Observations Of / General Nelson A. Miles / Embracing A Brief View Of The Civil War /./ And The Story Of His Indian Campaigns / With Comments On The / Exploration, Development And Progress / Of / Our Great Western Empire.

Miles, Nelson A.

Published by Werner Company; Chicago; 591 pp.; ; VG; 1896/1897 [2nd ed], 1897

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Graff=2789___Howes.3=M-599.3___ Soliday=II-1111 _____ _____ The second edition, with "Major General" in the frontispiece portrait caption. _____ "Memories of our most successful Indian fighter, whose campaigns against the Indians of the Southern Plains and later against Sitting Bull, Chief Joseph, and the hostiles in the North, brought about the pacification of these tribes._____ Interesting and readable, if not completely accurate in some details._____ His death was worthy of his life: he fell dead at a review while saluting the colors." --Campbell/Southwest (p.37) . _____ "Miles describes the activities of his 'southern column' during the Red River War._____ A valuable source for tracing details of the campaign." --Tate 3213. _____ ".fairly strongly pro-Custer, but is useful in presenting the views of a successful Indian fighter on some controversial points." --Luther 144. _____ Illustrated with full page photos & plates and intertext cuts._____Includes art by Frederic Remington. _____ A library stamp has been erased from the foot of the title page._____ ._____The spine has the ghost of a library label on the heel. _____ There is scattered underlining in both ink and pencil. _____ The covers show edge wear. _____ ___HEAVY__VOLUME__EXTRA__POSTAGE__CHARGES__WILL__APPLY___.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Personal Recollections / And Observations Of / General Nelson A. Miles / Embracing A Brief View Of The Civil War /./ And The Story Of His Indian Campaigns / With Comments On The / Exploration, Development And Progress / Of / Our Great Western Empire.
• Publisher: Werner Company; Chicago; 591 pp.; ; VG; 1896/1897 [2nd ed]
• Publication Date: 1897
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • .Americana
  • .Western Americana