Context:

The speaker mentions this as 'Carl Malcolm's favorite book' which he's currently reading. It's described as memoirs and recollections of a prospector and miner active in the 1880s in New Mexico's Black Range. The book discusses looting Pueblo sites and contains descriptions of wildlife like turkeys.

Context:

Carl mentions reading this book while spending time in the Gila area of New Mexico. The book covers history of the Southwest from the 1860s-1870s, including stories of miners and market hunters encountering grizzly bears (which they called 'silver tips') in that region. He was reading it during a nine-day family turkey hunting trip.