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The White Indian Boy And Its Sequel, the Return of the White Indian: And Its Sequel the Return of the White Indian Boy - Couverture souple

Wilson, Elijah

 
9780874808346: The White Indian Boy And Its Sequel, the Return of the White Indian: And Its Sequel the Return of the White Indian Boy
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0874808340 ISBN 13 : 9780874808346
Editeur : University of Utah Press,U.S., 2005

Synopsis

First published in 1910, The White Indian Boy quickly became a western classic. Readers fascinated by real-life 'cowboys and Indians' thrilled to Nick Wilson's frontier exploits, as he recounted running away to live with the Shoshone in his early teens, riding for the Pony Express, and helping settle Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The volume was so popular that Wilson's son Charles was compelled to write a second book, The Return of the White Indian, which picks up in 1895 where the first memoir ends, telling the adventures of Nick Wilson's later life.
These books, published here as a single volume, are testaments to a unique time and place in American history. Because he had a heart for adventure and unusual proficiency with Native American languages, Wilson's life became an historical canvas on which was painted both the exploration and the closing of a frontier, as he went from childhood among the Shoshone to work as an interpreter for the U.S. government on Indian reservations in Wyoming and Idaho in his later years. This volume includes new introductory material, a family tree, and a background of Indian-white relations in Jackson Hole. Packed with amazing details about life in the Old West, Wilson's colorful escapades are once again available to a new generation of readers.

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À propos de l'auteur

Elijah Nicholas 'Uncle Nick' Wilson (1842-1915) ran away from his Utah home and lived with the Shoshone Indians as a boy. In his later years he settled in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The town of Wilson, Wyoming, is named for him.
Charles Alma Wilson (1901-1999), the son of Elijah Nicholas Wilson, was born in Wilson, Wyoming. Like his father, Charley lived a colorful life as a rancher, government trapper, hunting and fishing guide, and author.

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Éditeur
University of Utah Press,U.S.
Date d'édition
2005
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0874808340
ISBN 13 
9780874808346
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
432
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Personne responsable
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