The author, John Gregory Bourke 1843-1896, was a Captain in the Cavalry of the United States Army and a prolific diarist and post Civil War author. He served as an aide to General George Crook in the Apache Wars from 1870 to 1886. As Crook's aide, Bourke had the opportunity to witness every facet of life in the Old West--the battles, wildlife, the internal squabbling among the military, the...
"The Apache Wars: On The Border With Crook And An Apache Campaign In The Sierra Madre." 2 Volumes In 1, by John G. Bourke is an inside look at the wars with the Apache Indians in the Southwest during the 1870s and 1880s. John Gregory Bourke (1843-1896), was a captain in the Cavalry of the United States Army and a prolific diarist and post-Civil War author. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for...
The author, John Gregory Bourke (1843-1896), was a Captain in the Cavalry of the United States Army and a prolific diarist and post Civil War author. He served as an aide to General George Crook in the Apache Wars from 1870 to 1886. As Crook's aide, Bourke had the opportunity to witness every facet of life in the Old West--the battles, wildlife, the internal squabbling among the military, the...
"The Urine Dance Of The Zuni Indians Of New Mexico," is a short small pamphlet of only (3) pages, to which has been added a short biography & bibliography of its author John Gregory Bourke. The author, John Gregory Bourke (1843-1896), was a captain in the cavalry of the United States Army and a prolific diarist and post Civil War author. John G. Bourke wrote several books about the American Old...
"On The Border With Crook." by John Gregory Bourke (1843-1896), who was a captain in the cavalry of the United States Army and a prolific diarist and post Civil War author. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions while a cavalryman in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Based on his service during the war, his commander, General George Thomas, the famed "Rock Of Chickamauga...