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Book/Printed Material Wild life in the far West; personal adventures of a border mountain man. Comprising hunting and trapping adventures with Kit Carson and others; captivity and life among the Comanches; services under Doniphan in the war with Mexico, and in the Mexican war against the French; desperate combats with Apaches, grizzly bears, etc., etc.

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Title

  • Wild life in the far West; personal adventures of a border mountain man. Comprising hunting and trapping adventures with Kit Carson and others; captivity and life among the Comanches; services under Doniphan in the war with Mexico, and in the Mexican war against the French; desperate combats with Apaches, grizzly bears, etc., etc.

Names

  • Hobbs, James, 1819-

Created / Published

  • Hartford, Wiley, Waterman & Eaton, 1872.

Headings

  • -  Southwest, New--Description and travel
  • -  Mexican War, 1846-1848--Personal narratives
  • -  Mexico--History--European intervention, 1861-1867
  • -  Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)

Notes

  • -  Also available in digital form.

Medium

  • 488 p. col. front., illus., plates, port. 22 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • F786 .H68

Library of Congress Control Number

  • rc01000547

Online Format

  • online text
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  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Hobbs, James. Wild life in the far West; personal adventures of a border mountain man. Comprising hunting and trapping adventures with Kit Carson and others; captivity and life among the Comanches; services under Doniphan in the war with Mexico, and in the Mexican war against the French; desperate combats with Apaches, grizzly bears, etc., etc. Hartford, Wiley, Waterman & Eaton, 1872. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/rc01000547/.

APA citation style:

Hobbs, J. (1872) Wild life in the far West; personal adventures of a border mountain man. Comprising hunting and trapping adventures with Kit Carson and others; captivity and life among the Comanches; services under Doniphan in the war with Mexico, and in the Mexican war against the French; desperate combats with Apaches, grizzly bears, etc., etc. Hartford, Wiley, Waterman & Eaton. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/rc01000547/.

MLA citation style:

Hobbs, James. Wild life in the far West; personal adventures of a border mountain man. Comprising hunting and trapping adventures with Kit Carson and others; captivity and life among the Comanches; services under Doniphan in the war with Mexico, and in the Mexican war against the French; desperate combats with Apaches, grizzly bears, etc., etc. Hartford, Wiley, Waterman & Eaton, 1872. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/rc01000547/>.