A Tenderfoot in Colorado

Now back in print, A Tenderfoot in Colorado is R.B. Townshend's classic account of his time in the wild frontier territory known as Colorado. Townshend arrived in the Rockies in 1869, fresh from Cambridge, England, with 300 in his pockets. He found friends among some of Colorado's more col...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Townshend, Richard Baxter
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Sebastopol : University Press of Colorado, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Pioneers.
Frontier and pioneer life.
English.
Colorado > Description and travel.
Frontier and pioneer life > Colorado.
English > Colorado > Biography.
Pioneers > Colorado > Biography.
Colorado.
Biographies.
United States; Personal Memoirs.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:Now back in print, A Tenderfoot in Colorado is R.B. Townshend's classic account of his time in the wild frontier territory known as Colorado. Townshend arrived in the Rockies in 1869, fresh from Cambridge, England, with 300 in his pockets. He found friends among some of Colorado's more colorful characters, people who taught him much about life on the frontier. Jake Chisolm taught him how to shoot after rescuing him from two men preparing to skin him at poker. Wild Bill of Colorado taught him the meaning of ""the drop"" and warned him against wearing a gun in town unless he wanted trouble. C.
Physical Description:1 online resource (300 pages).
ISBN:9780870819896

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