Absaraka (Ab-sa-ra-ka). Home of the Crows
Hardcover
1950 · Chicago
by Carrington, Mrs. Margaret I.
Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1950 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Reprinted from the 1868 edition. Edited by Milo Milton Quaife. 12mo. liii, 354pp. Folding map, 2 portraits, 2 plans, text illustrations. Index. Maroon cloth, gilt. Spine very slightly faded. A fine, bright copy. Includes an excellent historical introduction by Quaife. "A tale of remarkable courage of an isolated detachment of soldiery, and of shocking blundering and inefficiency on the part of the higher command" (Quaife). A personal account of the experiences of an officer's wife on the plains of Wyoming, (truncated)