For your consideration is a First Edition of "Fifty Years on the Frontier" by James H. Cook, 1923, publisher Yale University Press. This book has 291 pages with four parts in the book and displays over forty black and white illustrations throughout. "Fifty Years on the Old Frontier as Cowboy, Hunter, Guide, Scout, and Ranchman" tells of the life of Cook in the western frontier, and is especially interesting because it recounts his 35 year friendship with the Oglala Lakota Sioux chief Red Cloud. He probably knew Red Cloud better than any other white man. Red Cloud and his band visited Cook on the Agate Springs Ranch on many occasions and for a time the Sioux tried mightily, without success, to have Cook appointed as their Indian Agent. Cook was also a friend of the Northern Cheyenne. The author spent a lifetime in the west as a cattle man in Texas, big game hunter in Wyoming and as an Indian fighter in the Apache War in New Mexico. A supplementary chapter describes the Agate Springs Fossil Beds. This is a cornerstone classic of western Americana highly regarded by every historian and bibliographer. James Henry Cook (1857-1942) was an American frontiersman and historian. Known as “Captain Jim” Cook, was for more than fifty years a cowboy and ranch “boss” in the Llano Estacado country of Texas, and He served as a scout for the U.S. military in the Apache uprising. The book has an introduction by Brigadier-General Charles King, U.S.A. The blue cloth bound gold gilt hardcover exhibits scuffing to edges, good condition overall. Intact pages exhibit age tanning and slight foxing, measures 6.5"W x 9.5"L x 1.25"D