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