The Great Chiefs

New York: Time-Life Books, 1975. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Very good. 28 cm. 240 pages. Illustrations (some in color). Bibliography. Index. Impression mark on rear cover. Thanks to the GI Bill, Capps was able to attend The University of Texas at Austin after the war. He graduated in 1948 with a B.A. in English and a Phi Beta Kappa key, and in 1949 he received his M.A. Capps' first novel, Hanging at Comanche Wells, a Ballantine paperback, was published in 1962. It related the tale of a valiant deputy helping to keep peace in a town awaiting the execution of a convicted hired gun. The Trail to Ogallala was Capps' first hardcover novel and established him as a major chronicler of the West. In addition to western novels, Capps is recognized as one of America's authorities on Indian life and culture. He produced two works on the American Indian for Time-Life Books, The Indian and The Great Chiefs. Recreates the valiant struggle of leaders of the Indian tribes of the West to protect their ancestral lands and ways of life from the invasion of the white men. The Old West is a series of books about the fundamental founding of the American Old West, published by Time-Life Books from 1973 through 1980. Each book focused on a different topic, such as cowboys, American Indians, gamblers and gunfighters. There are 27 volumes in the series.