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Bourke, John G., 1846-1896 An Apache campaign in the Sierra Madre: An account of the expedition in pursuit of the hostile Chiricahua Apaches in the spring of 1883

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07380.02 Author/Creator: Bourke, John G., 1846-1896 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Book signed Date: 1886 Pagination: 1 v. : 140 p. : ill. Height: 18.8 cm, Width: 12.6 cm Order a Copy

Published by Charled Scribner's Sons. Dedication included on the first blank page to C. M. Lanitis Jr. from Mrs. Lieutenant Seyburn, May 1886. Describes a campaign led by General George Crook against the Chiricahua Apache Tribe in 1883. In the preface, the author indicates that sections of this book were originally published in serial form in Boston's Outing Magazine.

Bourke, John G., 1846-1896
Crook, George, 1829-1890
Seyburn, S. Y., fl. 1886
Lanitis, C. M., fl. 1886

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