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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790123003321

Autore

Miller Darlis A. <1939->

Titolo

Captain Jack Crawford--buckskin poet, scout, and showman [[electronic resource] /] / Darlis A. Miller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albuquerque, : University of New Mexico Press, c1993

ISBN

1-280-40760-3

9786613577931

0-8263-5190-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (386 p.)

Disciplina

811.4

811/.4

Soggetti

Poets, American - 19th century

Scouts (Reconnaissance) - West (U.S.)

Entertainers - West (U.S.)

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.