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20cm, first edition, vi, 298p., frontis, blue cloth, gilt titles, fine. (amp) Includes aneyewitness account of the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864. The author was inthe Third Colorado Cavalry and has included a chapter, "Defense of theBattle of Sand Creek."
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Very good in poor dust jacket. Signed by author. D/j is worse than poor, it is in 4 pieces, separated at the edges of the cover. The only text on the d/j is on the cover and spine, quoted below. Book is v/g with one minor corner bump. 298 p. one b&w photo plate in fore plate My characterization as "collectible" is because of the author's signature and accompanying dedication. The sig. in on the FFL and the dedication reads "Presented to James B. Sims with my sincere regards" signed and dated 8 Oct. 1925. Then stapled to the FFL is a note reading "Irving Howbert was a friend of J.B. Sims and J.B. name is in book-page 187. Sure enough, Mr. Sims was part of some violent action with native americans in the mountains in a year I could not determain in a quick read thru. These are the notes on the cover of the d/j; In this book the author has endeavored to trace through his own experiences and observations the early growth and history of the immediate Pike's Peak region, particularly during the years before the railroad reached the Rocky Mountains. The author has lived in that vicinity since 1860 and tells graphically of his first trip across 600 miles of plain to the Rockies then inhabited almost exclusively by nomadic Indians. He has refreshed his memory by countless talks with old settlers, and at the yearly meeting of "The Half Century Club." His book is...written with feeling and a wealth of graphic detail. This is a unique, first hand history of the intermountain west from well over a century ago, a must for other Rockies' historians like the author.