Frontier Adventures (Annotated): 11 Adventure Novels of Wild West

by Charles King

Born in 1844, Charles King was an American Major General, who served in the Army during the Indian Wars. He personally witnessed many of the events later described in his works.
This collection includes eleven of his
A DAUGHTER OF THE SIOUX
AN APACHE PRINCESS
MARION'S FAITH
A WAR-TIME WOOING
'LARAMIE'
SUNSET PASS
THE DESERTER
FOES IN AMBUSH
A WOUNDED NAME
LANIER OF THE CAVALRY
TONIO, SON OF THE SIERRAS

2315 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 13, 2017

About the author

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Charles King was a United States soldier and a distinguished writer. He graduated from West Point in 1866 and served in the Army during the Indian Wars under George Crook. He was wounded in the arm forcing his retirement from the regular army. During this time he became acquainted with Buffalo Bill Cody. King would later write scripts for several of Cody's silents films. In 1898, he was appointed brigadier general of volunteers and sailed to the Philippines during the Spanish-American War; he also led a brigade during the ensuing Philippine-American War. He returned to the United States and was active in the Wisconsin National Guard and in training troops for World War I. He wrote and edited over 60 books and novels.