The Comanchero Frontier: A History of New Mexican-Plains Indian Relations

Description

Author: Kenner, Charles L.  (1933-2011)

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

Pub Date: 1994 (First paperback printing)

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair.  Binding tight.  No tears, bends or folds.  Previous owner’s name, date and locational information on ffep/half-title page.  I found one pen mark on page vi.   Very light edge and corner wear.  Appears unused.

Notes: Originally published in 1969 as A History of New Mexican-Plains Indian Relations, Kenner’s revised dissertation.  Comancheros (Mexicans who traded with the Comanches) were free to roam the Plains, trading for whatever could be traded, especially guns and ammunition.  Taos was a center of trade among the groups (as well as Bent’s Fort in Colorado).