1873 Wild West Frontier James Hobbs Kit Carson Apache INDIANS Comanche Trapping
Kit Carson was one of the most famous American West frontiersmen, known for being an Indian Guide and Agent of the United States to work with native tribes. Carson’s life was written about extensively throughout the 19th-century, including James Hobbs’ ‘Wild Life in the Far West’.
Hobbs accompanied Carson in his mountain adventures – hunting, trapping – learning to fight among Native American Indians and learning of Indian cultures. This book includes notes on the Mexican-American War, Indian battles with the Apache peoples, and dangerous encounters with wild animals! Howes even notes that this book “contains a chapter on Joaquin Murieta”.
1873 Wild West Frontier James Hobbs Kit Carson Apache INDIANS Comanche Trapping
Kit Carson was one of the most famous American West frontiersmen, known for being an Indian Guide and Agent of the United States to work with native tribes. Carson’s life was written about extensively throughout the 19th-century, including James Hobbs’ ‘Wild Life in the Far West’.
Hobbs accompanied Carson in his mountain adventures – hunting, trapping – learning to fight among Native American Indians and learning of Indian cultures. This book includes notes on the Mexican-American War, Indian battles with the Apache peoples, and dangerous encounters with wild animals! Howes even notes that this book “contains a chapter on Joaquin Murieta”.
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HOBBS, James
Wild life in the far West : personal adventures of a border mountain man. Comprising hunting and trapping adventures with Kit Carson and others ; captivity and life among the Comanches ; services under Doniphan in the war with Mexico, and in the Mexican war against the French ; desperate combats with Apaches, grizzly bears
Hartford : Wiley, Waterman & Eaton, 1873.
Details:
- Collation: Complete with all pages
- [3], 488
- 33 engravings
- References: Howes H 550; Rader 1901
- Language: English
- Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
- Green cloth
- Size: ~8.5in X 5.5in (21.5cm x 14.5cm)
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25679
Category
Americana, American History
Authors
HOBBS, James
Printing Date
19th Century
Language
English
Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Excellent
Collation
Complete