65. CARTER, William H. The Life of Lieutenant
General Chaffee. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press,
[1917]. vii, 296 pp., frontispiece portrait, plates. Large
8vo, original blue cloth, gilt. Some wear to corners and
rubbing, previous owner’s bookplate, but yet a very
good plus copy.
First
edition. Pingenot: Carter is better known
bibliographically for his From Yorktown to Santiago
and Frontier Army Sketches but his biography of
General Adna R. Chaffee ranks along with the best of
frontier army memoirs. Chaffee saw much action in the Civil
War, including Gettysburg, Antietam, Fredericksburg, etc.;
was with Sheridan in the Shenandoah. Following the war, he
saw frontier service in Texas with action against the
Comanches, and later was with Crook’s expedition
against the Apaches. He also saw action in the Boxer
Rebellion, China, and Santiago. A fine life-story of a
great frontier army officer. Nice copies of this work are
becoming increasingly scarce.
($75-150)