Language: English
Published by Sheldon & Co., New York, 1874
Seller: Clayton Fine Books, Shepherdstown, WV, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Very good+ with light fading and mild war to extremities of covers and spine. Fascinating article about life with the Indians published years before Custer's death at Wounded Knee. Complete and original issue of the magazine.
CUSTER, G[eorge] A[rmstrong]. My Life on the Plains, or, Personal Experiences with Indians. New York: Sheldon and Company, [1874]. 1st ed. 256pp. Portrait frontis., plates. Orig. gilt-pictorial cloth. A very good copy. HOWES C-981. Graff 961. Rader 1011. Dustin 81. Luther High Spot 7. Reese Best of the West 201 (Note). Jones 1566. Custer's classic account of his experiences fighting Indians on the Plains, especially in the region between the Missouri and the Rocky Mountains. The work covers the period from Gen. Winfield Hancock's Kansas expedition in the spring of 1867 to the defeat of Black Kettle on the Washita on Nov. 27, 1868. Published only two years before Custer's last stand at Little Big Horn.