General Crook and the Western Frontier
- ISBN-10
- 0806133589
- ISBN-13
- 9780806133584
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 386
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Oklahoma Press
- Author
- Charles M. Robinson
Description
General George Crook was one of the most prominent soldiers in the frontier West. General William T. Sherman called him the greatest Indian fighter and manager the army ever had. General Crook and the Western Frontier, the first full-scale biography of Crook, uses contemporary manuscripts and primary sources to illuminate the general's personal life and military career.
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