Fifty Years on the Old Frontier As Cowboy, Hunter, Guide, Scout, and Ranchman - Couverture souple

Cook, James H.

 
9780806117614: Fifty Years on the Old Frontier As Cowboy, Hunter, Guide, Scout, and Ranchman
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ISBN 10 : 0806117613 ISBN 13 : 9780806117614
Editeur : University of Oklahoma Press, 1981

Synopsis

"James Cook came west before he reached his teens, and his life encompassed most of the raw material that today comprises our mythology: trail driving, scouting, big-game hunting, Apaches, ranching, drought, desert and cow-country interest. All of these he not only saw but was actively engaged in."--San Francisco Chronicle

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À propos de l'auteur

James H. Cook known as "Captain Jim" Cook was for more than fifty years a cowboy and ranch "boss" in the Llano Estacado country of Texas; a big game hunter in the northern plains and Rocky Mountain areas; an Indian scout for the United States cavalry in its campaign to corral the troublesome Apaches; a trusted and intimate friend of the Sioux; and an outspoken champion of the Northern Cheyennes.

Born in Michigan in 1857, "Captain Jim" Cook first learned to handle a lasso in Texas shortly after the Civil War. He caught wild cattle with the vaqueros and drove them north to railheads, he fought Comanche raiders and New Mexico badmen, and developed a keen understanding of Indian methods which won for him the respect of cavalry troops assigned to capture Geronimo. Cook probably knew Red Cloud, the Sioux chief, better than any other white man. His graphic descriptions of the "superb but futile" Indian uprising, and of the mixed feelings of the army officers and soldiers assigned to quell it, reflect the genuine character of "Captain Jim" Cook cowboy, rancher, Indian scout, plainsman, and author of Fifty Years on the Old Frontier.

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Éditeur
University of Oklahoma Press
Date d'édition
1981
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0806117613
ISBN 13 
9780806117614
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
320
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9781164507482: Fifty Years on the Old Frontier as Cowboy, Hunter, Guide, Scout and Ranchman

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1164507486 ISBN 13 :  9781164507482
Editeur : Kessinger Publishing, 2010
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