Books with author John Gregory Bourke

Geronimo was one of the most notable warriors of the Apache people.He led numerous raids as well as resistance to United States and Mexican military campaigns in the northern Mexico states of Chihuahua and Sonora, and in the southwestern American territories of New Mexico and Arizona.Unwilling to be confined to the reservations that they had been put in, Geronimo and his fellow Chiricahua Apaches broke out from their constraints and fled south towards the Mexican border.And so in 1883 Geronimo was on the warpath again.But this time he met his fighting match in General George Crook.Captain John Bourke was an aide to General Crook and so therefore had the opportunity to witness and record every action that was made throughout the campaign.Yet, this is not merely the account of a military campaign against rebellious Native Americans as Bourke also provides a sympathetic overview of the culture and customs of the Chirichua Apaches.As a bonus for the reader the publisher has also included in this edition Bourke’s later work On The Border With Crook.“Bourke was a meticulous observer as well as a superb and engrossingly interesting writer. He would also colour his material with lyrical and poetical observations upon the natural world, including the landscape and the weather, and also with copies of such official correspondence he deemed important such as orders, rosters, newspaper clippings and his own drawings to accompany his texts. Furthermore it would all be laced with his descriptions - sometimes with humour - of characters, military, civilian and Indians met along the way.” The English Westerners’ SocietyJohn Gregory Bourke was a captain in the United States Army who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his services during the American Civil War. After he had completed fifteen years of duty in the American Indian Wars he became a prolific author, writing a number of accounts about his time in the army as well as ethnographical studies of the American West. An Apache Campaign in the Sierra Madre was first published in 1886 and Bourke passed away in 1896.

One of the most important first-hand account of the Indian Wars you'll ever read. Captain John Gregory Bourke's classic volume on his time as aide-de-camp to General George Crook has been considered essential reading since it was published in 1891. This edition is updated with biographical information on Bourke and annotated with updated notes.Crook and Bourke were at the center of enormous change in the American West. Both of them were distinguished Civil War veterans and both believed there was a way to aid American westward expansion while treating native peoples with justice. Their careers in the West paralleled those of Red Cloud, Crazy Horse, Geronimo, and Sitting Bull, all of with whom they had dealings.A true soldier-scholar, highly-educated, and a Medal of Honor recipient, Bourke brought to this work an intelligent perspective, admiration for his commander, a deep desire to understand Native American ways, and a generous portion of humor. He was recognized in his time as an important ethnographer and writer.Every memoir of the American West provides us with another view of the movement that changed the country forever.For the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.

"A thrilling and absorbing story." - Publishers Weekly, 1886"No one can read this account of it without being stirred by the heroic elements involved on both sides." -The Book Buyer, 1886Captain John G. Bourke served as an aide to General George Crook in the Apache Wars from 1872 to 1883. As Crook's aide, Bourke had the opportunity to witness every facet of life in the Old West—the battles, wildlife, the internal squabbling among the military, the Indian Agency, settlers, and Native Americans.Bourke's 1886 book, "An Apache Campaign in the Sierra Madre," is a brisk bit of military narrative, giving yet another proof that American soldiers can use the pen as well as the sword. In this volume Captain Bourke gives a full and graphic account of the expedition which General Crook led to the Sierra Madre in 1883. That arduous and successful campaign was one of the most adventurous and extraordinary in the whole history of Indian warfare. No one can read this account of it without being stirred by the heroic elements involved on both sides; nor can any one fail to receive from it a very clear and permanent impression of the resources and skill of the Apaches as fighters.His object has been "to outline some of the difficulties attending the solution of the Indian question in the south-west, and to make known the methods employed in conducting campaigns against savages in hostility." This is the expedition from which for more than a month no word was received, and every disaster was predicted concerning it. Captain Crawford, who was later killed by the Mexicans while leading a similar expedition, was a member of it.In describing a chilling Apache war dance he observed, Bourke writes: "Not much time need be wasted upon a description of their dresses; they didn't wear any, except breech-clout and moccasins. To the music of an improvised drum and the accompaniment of marrow-freezing yells and shrieks they pirouetted and charged in all directions, swaying their bodies violently, dropping on one knee, then suddenly springing high in air, discharging their pieces, and all the time chanting a rude refrain, in which their own prowess was exalted and that of their enemies alluded to with contempt."Captain Bourke's narrative is not only of historical importance, but is also a thrilling and absorbing story, and affords a glimpse of Indian life at close view---though it would have better if Captain Bourke could see more clearly the Apache side of the contest. We hear little from him of the shameful breaches of faith by men who better knew the meaning of an obligation, and which inevitably led to the Apache "outrages." Rightly viewed, the story is very painful, but it was worth the telling. These sketches will give anyone interested a good idea of the military operations in Arizona. About the author: John Gregory Bourke (1846 –1896) was a captain in the United States Army and a prolific diarist and postbellum author; he wrote several books about the American Old West, including ethnologies of its indigenous peoples.Other works by the author include: •The Snake-Dance of the Moquis of Arizona•Mackenzie's Last Fight with the Cheyennes•On the Border with Crook•Medicine-Men of the Apache. •The Laws of Spain in their Application to the American Indians. •Folk-Foods of the Rio Grande Valley and of Northern Mexico•Notes on the Language and Folk-Usage of the Rio Grande Valley •The Diaries of John Gregory BourkeBourke's "Apache Campaign" is a well regarded historical resource, being cited by the following modern works: •The Wrath of Cochise•Soldiers West•Travels and Researches in Native North America, 1882-1883•Soldiers in the Southwest Borderlands•Mickey Free: Apache Captive, Interpreter, and Indian Scout•The Fox and the Whirlwind: General George Crook and Geronimo•Romancing Manifest Destiny•Sometimes the Blues•Roadside History of Arizona

One of the most important first-hand account of the Indian Wars you'll ever read. Captain John Gregory Bourke's classic volume on his time as aide-de-camp to General George Crook has been considered essential reading since it was published in 1891. This edition is updated with biographical information on Bourke and annotated with updated notes. Crook and Bourke were at the center of enormous change in the American West. Both of them were distinguished Civil War veterans and both believed there was a way to aid American westward expansion while treating native peoples with justice. Their careers in the West paralleled those of Red Cloud, Crazy Horse, Geronimo, and Sitting Bull, all of with whom they had dealings. A true soldier-scholar, highly-educated, and a Medal of Honor recipient, Bourke brought to this work an intelligent perspective, admiration for his commander, a deep desire to understand Native American ways, and a generous portion of humor. He was recognized in his time as an important ethnographer and writer. Every memoir of the American West provides us with another view of the movement that changed the country forever.

Geronimo was one of the most notable warriors of the Apache people.He led numerous raids as well as resistance to United States and Mexican military campaigns in the northern Mexico states of Chihuahua and Sonora, and in the southwestern American territories of New Mexico and Arizona.Unwilling to be confined to the reservations that they had been put in, Geronimo and his fellow Chiricahua Apaches broke out from their constraints and fled south towards the Mexican border.And so in 1883 Geronimo was on the warpath again.But this time he met his fighting match in General George Crook.Captain John Bourke was an aide to General Crook and so therefore had the opportunity to witness and record every action that was made throughout the campaign.Yet, this is not merely the account of a military campaign against rebellious Native Americans as Bourke also provides a sympathetic overview of the culture and customs of the Chirichua Apaches.“Bourke was a meticulous observer as well as a superb and engrossingly interesting writer. He would also colour his material with lyrical and poetical observations upon the natural world, including the landscape and the weather, and also with copies of such official correspondence he deemed important such as orders, rosters, newspaper clippings and his own drawings to accompany his texts. Furthermore it would all be laced with his descriptions - sometimes with humour - of characters, military, civilian and Indians met along the way.” The English Westerners’ SocietyJohn Gregory Bourke was a captain in the United States Army who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his services during the American Civil War. After he had completed fifteen years of duty in the American Indian Wars he became a prolific author, writing a number of accounts about his time in the army as well as ethnographical studies of the American West. An Apache Campaign in the Sierra Madre was first published in 1886 and Bourke passed away in 1896.

With his characteristic wry wit, incredible attention to detail, and instinct for what readers wanted, famed soldier-scholar John Gregory Bourke penned this wonderful tale of adventure. Like all of Bourke's works, he provides a scholar's examination of his topic while wrapping it in the narrative of the adventure he experienced while gathering his data.In this book, Bourke relates a trip to Arizona to witness the Snake Dance of the Moquis Indians. Despite a lifelong horror of serpents, he sits in and among them during the secret ceremonies that no white man had seen before. He also provides a broad overview of snake worship around the world.Bourke's ability to capture everything he sees and draw his readers into the adventure make this another signature triumph.Born in 1846, Bourke was a Medal of Honor recipient in the American Civil War, a West Point graduate, biographer of his friend and superior General George Crook, and an ethnographer of Native American rites recognized as an authority in his day. He was with Crook at the Battle of the Rosebud just eight days before Custer's disaster at the Little Bighorn.

"There is an old saw in the army which teaches that you can never know a man until after having made a scout with him in bad weather. All the good qualities and bad in the human make up force their way to the surface under the stimulus of privation and danger, and it not infrequently happens that the comrade who at the military post was most popular, by reason of charm of manner and geniality, returns from this trial sadly lowered in the estimation of his fellows, and that he who in the garrison was most retiring, self-composed, and least anxious to make a display of glittering uniform, has swept all before him by the evidence he has given of fortitude, equanimity, courage, coolness, and good judgment under circumstances of danger and distress. It is not my purpose to write a biography of my late friend and commander — such a task I leave for others to whom it may be more congenial; speaking for myself, I am compelled to say that it is always difficult for me to peruse biography of any kind, especially military, and that which I do not care to read I do not care to ask others to read. In the present volume, there will be found collected descriptions of the regions in which the major portion of General Crook’s Indian work was carried on; the people, both red and white, with whom he was brought into contact; the difficulties with which he had to contend, and the manner in which he overcame them; and a short sketch of the principles guiding him in his justly famous intercourse with the various tribes — from British America to Mexico, from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean — subjugated by him and afterwards placed under his charge." John Gregory Bourke John Gregory Bourke (1846-1896) was a captain in the United States Army and a prolific diarist and postbellum author; he wrote several books about the American Old West, including ethnologies of its indigenous peoples. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions while a cavalryman in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Based on his service during the war, his commander nominated him to West Point, where he graduated in 1869, leading to service as an Army officer until his death.

With his characteristic wry wit, incredible attention to detail, and instinct for what readers wanted, famed soldier-scholar John Gregory Bourke penned this wonderful tale of adventure. Like all of Bourke's works, he provides a scholar's examination of his topic while wrapping it in the narrative of the adventure he experienced while gathering his data.In this book, Bourke relates a trip to Arizona to witness the Snake Dance of the Moquis Indians. Despite a lifelong horror of serpents, he sits in and among them during the secret ceremonies that no white man had seen before. He also provides a broad overview of snake worship around the world.Bourke's ability to capture everything he sees and draw his readers into the adventure make this another signature triumph.Born in 1846, Bourke was a Medal of Honor recipient in the American Civil War, a West Point graduate, biographer of his friend and superior General George Crook, and an ethnographer of Native American rites recognized as an authority in his day. He was with Crook at the Battle of the Rosebud just eight days before Custer's disaster at the Little Bighorn.

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Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1896. Excerpt: ... CHAPTEB VII. GENERAL CROOK AND THE APACHES--CROOK'S PERSONAL APPEARANCE AND CHARACTERISTICS--POINTS IN THE HISTORY OF THE APACHES--THEIR SKILL IN WAR--FOODS AND MODES OF COOKING--MEDICINE MEN--THEIR POWER AND INFLUENCE. WHEN General Crook received orders to go out to Arizona and assume command of that savage-infested Department, he at once obeyed the order, and reached his new post of duty without baggage and without fuss. All the baggage he had would not make as much compass as a Remington type-writer. The only thing with him which could in any sense be classed as superfluous was a shotgun, but without this or a rifle he never travelled anywhere. He came, as I say, without the slightest pomp or parade, and without any one in San Francisco, except his immediate superiors, knowing of his departure, and without a soul in Tucson, not even the driver of the stage which had carried him and his baggage, knowing of his arrival. There were no railroads, there were no telegraphs in Arizona, and Crook was the last man in the world to seek notoriety had they existed. His whole idea of life was to do each duty well, and to let his work speak for itself. He arrived in the morning, went up to the residence of his old friend, Governor Safford, with whom he lunched, and before sundown every officer within the limits of what was then called the southern district of Arizona was under summons to report to him; that is, if the orders had not reached them they were on the way. From each he soon extracted all he knew about the country, the lines of travel, the trails across the various mountains, the fords where any were required for the streams, the nature of the soil, especially its products, such as grasses, character of the climate, the condition of the pack-mules, and all pertaining to them, and eve...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.