Captain Jack Crawford--buckskin poet, scout, and showman [[electronic resource] /] / Darlis A. Miller
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| Autore: |
Miller Darlis A. <1939->
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| Titolo: |
Captain Jack Crawford--buckskin poet, scout, and showman [[electronic resource] /] / Darlis A. Miller
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| Pubblicazione: | Albuquerque, : University of New Mexico Press, c1993 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (386 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 811.4 |
| 811/.4 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Poets, American - 19th century |
| Scouts (Reconnaissance) - West (U.S.) | |
| Entertainers - West (U.S.) | |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Captain Jack Crawford--buckskin poet, scout, and showman |
| ISBN: | 1-280-40760-3 |
| 9786613577931 | |
| 0-8263-5190-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910827981903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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