Front matter
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GENERAL GEORGE CROOK.
ON THE BORDER WITH CROOK
BY
JOHN G. BOURKE
CAPTAIN THIRD CAVALRY, U. S. A.
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
1891
Copyright, 1891, by
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
Press of J. J. Little & Co.
Astor Place, New York
ITO FRANCIS PARKMAN,
whose learned and graceful pen has illustrated the History, Traditions, Wonders and Resources of the Great West, this volume,—descriptive of the trials and tribulations, hopes and fears of brave officers and enlisted men of the regular Army, who did so much to conquer and develop the empire beyond the Missouri,—is affectionately inscribed by his admirer and friend,
JOHN G. BOURKE.
Omaha, Nebraska,
August 12, 1891.
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