Captain Jack Crawford : Buckskin Poet, Scout, and Showman.
Başlık:
Captain Jack Crawford : Buckskin Poet, Scout, and Showman.
Yazar:
Miller, Darlis A.
ISBN:
9780826351906
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Fiziksel Tanımlama:
1 online resource (235 pages)
İçerik:
Cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Dedication -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. From Donegal to Fort Hell -- 2. Captain Jack in the Black Hills -- 3. Chief of Scouts -- 4. Cody, Cariboo, and the Victorio CAMPAIGN -- 5. Post Trader at Fort Craig -- 6. "The Campfire and the Trail" -- 7. Special Agent -- 8. In Search of Fame and Fortune -- 9. To The Klondike -- 10. Two Years in the Gold Fields -- 11. "A Genius in Buckskin" -- Epilogue: "If I But Could" -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Özet:
This biography re-creates Jack Crawford's experience as a scout, rancher, miner, reformer, husband and father, and poet and entertainer to reinterpret the American Dream and the lure of getting rich pursued by many during the Gilded Age.
Notlar:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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