The Great Plains

Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co, 1907. First Edition (presumed; no prior editions or printings cited). Octavo in gray boards; deckle edges to textblock; 399 pp: illustrations (b&w); 21 cm Very Good; light rubbing to edges of spine; hinges slighly loose, else binding remains tight; a clean copy. Hardcover.

"Randall Parrish, a former U.S. Army cavalry officer and prolific writer of frontier history and Western fiction, brought firsthand military perspective and long familiarity with Plains geography to this study. In The Great Plains he traces exploration, warfare, and settlement from the sixteenth century through the post–Civil War era, presenting the region as a strategic and cultural crossroads shaped by soldiers, scouts, Indigenous nations, and migrants alike. His training and experience lend authority to the book’s emphasis on conflict and movement, while its romantic tone reflects an early twentieth-century effort to synthesize military history and frontier narrative into a coherent epic of westward expansion." --Publisher