From the dustjacket: [This book] “introduces a little known phase of the great General’s career—his service in Texas during the four turbulent years just preceding the Civil War—at Camp Cooper, watching the federal government’s ‘humanizing’ experiment with the wild Comanches; at San Antonio, commanding the Department of Texas; and at Fort Mason, headquarters of the Second United States Cavalry…[this book] takes us with Lee to his lonely posts on the border, and we share with him the hazardous and often fruitless chases after renegade Indians and Mexican bandits. We see through the eyes of the ‘Academy man’ the raw life on the frontier and hear from his lips his impressions of the country and people.”

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1946. 1^st edition, The Texas Edition. 183 pages. Hardcover book with dustjacket. Book has minor age toning to pastedowns and endpapers, a prior owner’s name on the front pastedown, one bumped corner, and some minor spotting to the rear board. Overall, VERY GOOD. The dustjacket has minor chipping to edges with a small loss of paper at the very edges of the head and heel of the spine; overall, VERY GOOD. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Rister.