Scenes And Adventures In The Army Of Romance Of Military Life
Cooke, Philip St. George
Lindsay and Blakiston. 1859. 2nd. 432 pgs. Cooke was with the 2nd Dragoons and has given an interesting account of army life in the West as they protected the Santa Fe Trail between 1829 - 1845. Clark III24; Field #359, Howes C740; Rader #914; Sabin #16339; Wagner-Camp #288. In the 2nd ed Cooke is a Colonel. In the first he was a Lieutenant Colonel. New end papers, title gilt faced, overall in vg cond.