The Frontier Trail, or, From Cowboy to Colonel: Narrative of Forty-Three Years in the Old West as Cattleman, Indian Fighter, and Army Officer

SIGNED FIRST EDITION in brick red pictorial cloth, missing dust jacket, general inscription by author on flyleaf, frontis., 20 illus. on 15 plates (listed), 334pp. Rader #3628. Six-Guns #2376. Herd #2500. Howes W322. O'Keefe #2529. Very Good - almost Very Good+ if not for minor edge wear. Wheeler served as a post trader and Indian agent and was in command of Fort Reno in Oklahoma Territory. Excellent on Indians and Indian government scouts. A chapter on Wild Bill Hickok and one entitled "western Badmen". A very nice collectible copy of a signed hard-to-find title.