Healy's west : the life and times of John J. Healy / Gordon E. Tolton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tolton, Gordon E., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Healy, Johnny, 1840-1908.

Healy, Johnny.

Pioneers--Northwest, Pacific--Biography.

Pioneers.

Peddlers--Northwest, Pacific--Biography.

Peddlers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Place of Publication:

Victoria, Vancouver, [British Columbia] ; Calgary, [Alberta] : Heritage, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Through his incredibly varied fifty-year career, John J. Healy left an indelible mark on the Canadian and American west. At different points in his storied life, Healy was a soldier, a trapper, a prospector, a free trader, an explorer, a horse dealer, a scout, a lawman, a newspaper editor, a speculator, a merchant, a capitalist, a historian, and a politician. He defied classification while defining the lifestyle of a frontier adventurer and buccaneer capitalist in the late nineteenth century. In Healy's West , Gordon E. Tolton cuts through the mythology and controversy of this larger-than-life character, giving us the most complete and truly balanced account of Healy's life ever published. From Irish famine to army saddle; from scouting on the Oregon Trail to digging for mountain gold in Idaho; from taking on powerful monopolies to trading with the Blackfoot; from political manoeuvring to hunting down rustlers behind a sheriff's badge, Healy challenged life, nature, enemies and, governments head on--in print, in business, and in physical combat. An entertaining and critical portrayal of the west's most charismatic figure, Healy's West is a must-read for any history buff.n--in print, in business, and in physical combat. An entertaining and critical portrayal of the west's most charismatic figure, Healy's West is a must-read for any history buff.n--in print, in business, and in physical combat. An entertaining and critical portrayal of the west's most charismatic figure, Healy's West is a must-read for any history buff.n--in print, in business, and in physical combat. An entertaining and critical portrayal of the west's most charismatic figure, Healy's West is a must-read for any history buff.

Contents:

Part I To see the elephant

Part II The border frontier

Part III Buccaneer Capitalist.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 20, 2017).

ISBN:

1-927527-67-8

1-927527-66-X

OCLC:

890934618