Captain Jack Crawford Buckskin Poet, Scout, and Showman |
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| Author:
| Miller, Darlis A. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8263-5174-6 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2012 |
| Publisher: | University of New Mexico Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $19.95 |
Book Description:
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Jack Crawford (1847-1917) entertained a generation of Americans and introduced them to their frontier heritage. A master storyteller who presented the West as he experienced it, he was one of America's most popular performers in the late nineteenth century. In this biography, Darlis Miller re-creates his experiences 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...
More DescriptionJack Crawford (1847-1917) entertained a generation of Americans and introduced them to their frontier heritage. A master storyteller who presented the West as he experienced it, he was one of America's most popular performers in the late nineteenth century. In this biography, Darlis Miller re-creates his experiences 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.