02490nam 2200577Ia 450 991082798190332120200520144314.01-280-40760-397866135779310-8263-5190-5(CKB)2670000000176486(EBL)1104383(OCoLC)795894681(MiAaPQ)EBC1104383(OCoLC)830023228(MdBmJHUP)muse23265(Au-PeEL)EBL1104383(CaPaEBR)ebr10553733(CaONFJC)MIL357793(EXLCZ)99267000000017648619930513d1993 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierCaptain Jack Crawford--buckskin poet, scout, and showman /Darlis A. Miller1st ed.Albuquerque University of New Mexico Pressc19931 online resource (386 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8263-5174-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; ZThis 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.Poets, American19th centuryBiographyScouts (Reconnaissance)West (U.S.)BiographyEntertainersWest (U.S.)BiographyPoets, AmericanScouts (Reconnaissance)Entertainers811.4811/.4Miller Darlis A.1939-1605332MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827981903321Captain Jack Crawford--buckskin poet, scout, and showman3930512UNINA