Captain Jack Crawford : Buckskin Poet, Scout, and Showman /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Miller, Darlis A., 1939-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Crawford, Jack, > 1847-1917.
Scouts (Reconnaissance)
Poets, American.
Entertainers.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Poetry.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
Poetes americains > 19e siecle > Biographies.
Entertainers > West (U.S.) > Biography.
Scouts (Reconnaissance) > West (U.S.) > Biography.
Poets, American > 19th century > Biography.
West United States.
Biographies.
Biography
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; CONTENTS; 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; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

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