Life and Adventures of Frank Grouard Author:Joe De Barthe A volume in the Classics of the Old West series. Frank Grouard was a scout for General George Crook. He knew the land from his teenage years spent driving freight wagons and hauling the U.S. mail around the western territories. He acquired his intimate knowledge of the Indian from the 6 years he spent as a captive of the Sioux. Any army depends ... more »heavily on its scouts, and for the U.S. forces fighting the Indian wars in the American west, this dependence was absolute... Frank Grouard knew the enemy and the enemy's country; he also had the resourcefulness and cool judgment essential to a scout's work as a pathfinder, forager and courier. THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF FRANK GROUARD presents the final campaigns of the Indian wars from the vantage point -- out front -- of one of the best frontier scouts the U.S. army ever had.« less