First Edition. #177 of a Numbered and Signed Edition of 500 Copies. Cloth. 188pp. Color Frontispiece tipped-in. Numerous illustrations. An interesting and important account of the latter years in the life of this major character in the history of the American West. Beckwourth was a Crow Indian Chief, trapper, hunter, pioneer and prospector. Also covers Chivington, Black Kettle and the Sand Creek Massacre. Un-cut, as New condition in dust jacket.

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Title: JAMES PIERSON BECKWOURTH, AN ENIGMATIC FIGURE OF THE WEST, A HISTORY OF THE LATTER YEARS OF HIS LIFE
Publisher: The Old West Publishing Company, 1957., Denver
Publication Date: 1957
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First edition.
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Buckingham Books specializes in new, used and Rare Books dealing with Western Americana, Ephemera and Mystery. Western Americana includes Maps, Photographs, Letters, Documents, Art, and Ephemeral Material related to the History of the American West, Canada and Northern Mexico. Our Specialties include Cowboys, Cattle and Development of the Range, Mountain Men and the Fur Trade, Frontier Military and Indian Wars, Outlaws and Lawmen of the Old West, Native American History and Ethnology, Exploration, Gold Rush, Railroad, Overland, Natural History and Travel. Books in Mystery include Detective Fiction, Golden Age, Espionage, Queen's Quorum, Sherlockiana, Artwork, Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone, References and PBO. All of the books in our inventory are First Editions unless clearly stated otherwise.

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