Facsimile reprint (first published 1893) in gilt-decorated blue cloth that shows light edge bumping. Long gift inscription on front pastedown; mild foxing of textblock edges. SIGNED by Terry W. Chapman, trustee of the Alexander Majors Historical Trust, in a foreword. Preface by Buffalo Bill and edited by Col. Prentiss Ingraham. 325 pp. With a few illustrations, including a frontis portrait of the author and a portrait of Buffalo Bill. Covers youthful recollections, a stint among the Mormons, Kit Carson, the lives of trappers, Western gold fever, the Pony Express, the early days of Denver, Buffalo Bill, Kansas City before the war, silver mining and much more.

Buffalo Bill Alexander Majors Colonel Prentiss Ingraham Kit Carson Mormons Trapping West Denver Colorado