Scenes and Adventures in the Army: Or, Romance of Military Life
Cooke, P. St. G. [Philip St. George]
From Walkabout Books, ABAA, Curtis, WA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 30 November 2004
From Walkabout Books, ABAA, Curtis, WA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 30 November 2004
About this Item
Second issue (with Cooke's rank of Colonel on the title page), pp xii, 432, in publishers pebbled brown cloth. Titles on spine faded, otherwise a very nice copy -- clean and sound, with minimal wear. Ownership signature of Robert O. Macferron, dated December 25, 1865, on front free endpaper. Wagner-Camp 288:2: "Cooke's career in the west began in 1829, with his tour as a lieutenant in the military escort commanded by Major Bennett Riley to guard the Santa Fe traders from depredations. In 1831, he was stationed at Fort Atkinson on the Missouri. In 1845, he set out from Fort Leavenworth to escort emigrants bound for Oregon and he returned by way of Bent's Fort in the latter part of August, when the book ends.Cooke wrote ably about his own adventures, and stories that he heard from others as well." Howes C-740; Graff 871; Field 359. Seller Inventory # 23155
Bibliographic Details
Title: Scenes and Adventures in the Army: Or, ...
Publisher: Lindsay & Blakiston, Philadelphia
Publication Date: 1859
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very good
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