AuthorHobbs, James, b. 1819.
TitleWild life in the far west : personal adventures of a border mountain man / by James Hobbs.
PublishedHartford : Wiley, Waterman & Eaton, 1874.
Description488 p., [33] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.), port. ; 22 cm.
General Note"Comprising hunting and trapping adventures with Kit Carson and others; captivity and life among the Comanches; services under Doniphan in the war with Mexico, and in the Mexican war against the French; desperate combats with Apaches, grizzly bears, etc., etc."
SubjectsFrontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)
Hobbs, James, 1819-
Mexican War, 1846-1848 -- Personal narratives.
Mexico -- History -- European intervention, 1861-1867.
Southwest, New -- Description and travel.
West (U.S.)
Call Number/Copies 
 WRHS Research Library: B 4020
mq148530: Local class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING]
[Record 85536]