| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 363 pages) : illustrations, map |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-350) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Crawford, Jack, 1847-1917.
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| SUBJECT |
Crawford, Jack, 1847-1917 fast |
| Subject |
Poets, American -- 19th century -- Biography
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Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- West (U.S.) -- Biography
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Entertainers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Poetry.
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Entertainers
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Poets, American
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Scouts (Reconnaissance)
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West United States
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780826351906 |
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0826351905 |
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1280407603 |
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9781280407604 |
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0826351743 |
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9780826351746 |
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