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Captain Jack Crawford--buckskin poet, scout, and showman / Darlis A. Miller.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Miller, Darlis A., 1939-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poets, American--19th century--Biography.
- Poets, American.
- Scouts (Reconnaissance)--West (U.S.)--Biography.
- Scouts (Reconnaissance).
- Entertainers--West (U.S.)--Biography.
- Entertainers.
- Crawford, Jack, 1847-1917.
- Crawford, Jack.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (386 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c1993.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613577931
- 9781280407604
- 1280407603
- 9780826351906
- 0826351905
- OCLC:
- 795894681
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