Brass Command by Fisher Clay: Signed (1 results)
More imagesPublished by Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1955
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Carpe Diem Fine Books, ABAA, Monterey, CA, U.S.A.Carpe Diem Fine Books, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerFirst Edition. SIGNED "Clay Fisher 1984". 8vo. Author Will Henry writing as Clay Fisher. A fine copy in color illustrated dustjacket designed by Michael Mitchell. Little Wolf, last War Chief of the Powder River Cheyenne, sets out to lead his people back to their native lands in the distant Black Hills, and only a lonely outpost of the U.S. Cavalry at Fort Robinson, Nebraska, stands in his way. Here is an account of a career officer's last chance, and of the base-metal rewards of military ambition in an Indian Territory garrison of the late 1870's. Henry Wilson Allen, under his pennames Will Henrythe name he preferred, personally and professionallyand Clay Fisher, produced fifty three between 1950 (the year of hisNo SurvivorsandRed Blizzard) and his death in 1991. In 1961 theWestern Writers of America awardedhim their firstSaddleman Awardfor the best novel of the year;between 1950 and 1981 hisnovels of the American West sold more than 15 million copies.…