Description: Borderlander : The Life of James Kirker, 1, Hardcover by Smith, Ralph Adam, ISBN 0806130415, ISBN-13 9780806130415, Brand New, Free shipping in the US
James Kirker, "Indian fighter," is among the most infamous characters of the American West. In his exhaustively researched biography, Ralph Adam Smith explores the controversy surrounding the life of this frontier figure. Kirker emigrated from Ireland to New York City in 1810. In the years that followed, he was a privateer (in the War of 1812), a British captive, a merchant, a mountain man, the head of a private army, and a dominant figure in New Mexico politics.
When Apache and Comanche Indians from the United States began raiding frequently in northern Mexico, the Mexican government, in desperation, turned to bounty warfare, signing five contracts with "Don Santiago" Kirker to defend the borderland region. He became known throughout the West for his "effective and inexpensive" methods of killing Indians.
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Book Title: Borderlander : the Life of James Kirker, 1793-1852
Number of Pages: 340 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Item Height: 0.9 in
Topic: United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), United States / State & Local / Southwest (Az, NM, Ok, Tx), Adventurers & Explorers, International Relations / General, Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, North America, United States / General, Native American, Military
Publication Year: 2000
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Political Science, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 23.1 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Ralph Adam Smith
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
