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



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Autore: Miller Darlis A. <1939-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Captain Jack Crawford--buckskin poet, scout, and showman [[electronic resource] /] / Darlis A. Miller Visualizza cluster
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.)
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-280-40760-3
9786613577931
0-8263-5190-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910461399803321
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