Wild Life in the Far West: Being the Personal Adventures of a Border Mountain Man

First published in 1872, Wild Life in the Far West chronicles the life of James Hobbs. In the early 19th century as a teenager, Hobbs joined a fur trading expedition and was captured by the Comanches. He became known as Comanche Jim, and spent 15 years with the Comanches and 7 years in the West and South with Kit Carson.