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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449885703321

Autore

Steward Dick <1942->

Titolo

Frontier swashbuckler [[electronic resource] ] : the life and legend of John Smith T / / Dick Steward

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2000

ISBN

0-8262-6343-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (276 p.)

Collana

Missouri biography series

Disciplina

977.8/603/092

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Soggetti

Pioneers - Missouri

Businessmen - Missouri

Frontier and pioneer life - Missouri

Electronic books.

Missouri Biography

Tennessee Biography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-249) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Tennessee Roots""; ""2 To the Western Frontier""; ""3 The Road to Selma""; ""4 Burr and Thwarted Ambition""; ""5 Rebounding from Dishonor and Disaster""; ""6 Years of Tumult""; ""7 To Texas-Again?""; ""8 0t the Top of His Game""; ""9 The Twilight Years""; ""10 Smith T: The Myths, Legends, and Folklore""; ""Bibliography""; ""index""