The Medicine-Men of the Apache offers a closely observed ethnography of Apache healers: their rites, chants, materia medica, cosmology, and social authority. Bourke alternates translated incantations with case sketches and careful inventories of paraphernalia, embedding practice within mythic etiologies. Stylistically, it blends taxonomic catalog with vivid field reportage, typical of late-nineteenth-century Bureau of Ethnology work, rich in lexical notes and ritual choreography yet inflec...

Native Americans: 22 Books on History, Mythology, Culture & Linguistic Studies' emerges as a profound anthology encapsulating an array of perspectives on the rich tapestry of Native American life. Spanning scholarly works on history, culture, and linguistics, to intimate explorations of mythology, this collection masterfully melds rigorous academic study with the visceral narratives of Native American experiences. The diversity within invites a comprehensive understanding, enhanced by stan...

On the Border with Crook is a definitive firsthand chronicle of the Indian Wars, tracing General George Crook's campaigns from Arizona's Tonto Basin to the 1876–77 northern plains. Shaped from field diaries, Bourke's prose splices brisk operational reportage with topographical precision and ethnographic notice, portraying scouts, soldiers, and Native leaders with rare sympathy. Logistics, intelligence-gathering, and the moral costs of irregular war receive as much weight as battle action, ...

Within the compass of this volume it is impossible to furnish a complete dissertation upon the Apache Indians or the causes which led up to the expedition about to be described. The object is simply to outline some of the difficulties attending the solution of the Indian question in the South-west and to make known the methods employed in conducting campaigns against savages in hostility. It is thought that the object desired can best be accomplished by submitting an unmutilated extract fr...

On The Border With Crook is the account of John Bourke, an aide to General Crook during the Apache Wars.

This provocative scholarly study turns to one of humanity's most unsettling subjects: the ritual, medicinal, magical, and symbolic uses of human and animal excreta across cultures. Framed by authorities such as Max Müller and E. B. Tylor, it argues that even the most repellent customs deserve serious anthropological attention because they can illuminate the development of religion and civilization. Drawing on more than a thousand sources, firsthand observation, correspondence with scholars...

In "The Apache Expedition in the Sierra Madre," John Gregory Bourke provides a compelling first-hand account of the United States Army's harrowing encounters with Apache tribes in the late 19th century. Bourke's narrative blends meticulous detail with vivid storytelling, capturing the landscape of Mexico's Sierra Madre mountains and the complexities of cultural conflict. His literary style, marked by a keen observation of both the natural world and human character, situates the work within...

They say that, when Abraham Lincoln had seen Walt Whitman, he summed his impression in the emphatic “This is a man.” That is what one feels in reading the verses of Western Australian writers—“This is a man.” The work of the tribe of pseudonymous writers in Western newspapers—especially Kalgoorlie Sun and Perth Sunday Times—the work of “Bluebush” and “Dryblower,” “Crosscut,” “Prospect Good,” and the rest—is the most virile and the most original poetry that has been made in Australia since ...

In "The Medicine-Men of the Apache," John G. Bourke offers a groundbreaking ethnographic exploration of the spiritual and healing practices among the Apache tribes of the American Southwest during the late 19th century. Bourke's narrative blends meticulous fieldwork with a rich tapestry of native lore, utilizing a vivid and descriptive literary style that reflects both reverence and curiosity for Apache culture. This work is situated in the context of the burgeoning interest in indigenous ...

General Crook fought and ended the Apache wars in the American Southwest and travelling and fighting with him was John Gregory Bourke. This is a fascinating account of war first hand and is a must read for anybody with an interest in the military history of the United States. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern edit...

"There is an old saw in the army which teaches that you can never know a man until after having made a scout with him in bad weather. All the good qualities and bad in the human make up force their way to the surface under the stimulus of privation and danger, and it not infrequently happens that the comrade who at the military post was most popular, by reason of charm of manner and geniality, returns from this trial sadly lowered in the estimation of his fellows, and that he who in the ga...

"With Crook in pursuit of Geronimo and his band.The author of this book was a U.S. soldier in addition to being a well known and highly regarded author on the Apache Wars of the later nineteenth century-in which he was an active participant. He maintained an interest, respect for and in some measure an affection for the Apaches and he also made a serious study of and wrote notable works on their customs and culture. He is perhaps best known for his classic account of the Apache Wars...