Captain Jack Crawford--buckskin Poet, Scout, and ShowmanBiography of American educator, author, explorer, and storyteller of the Wild West, John Wallace Crawford. |
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... bank situated near the breaker . Jack claimed to have won this promotion for having stopped a runaway train . Walking to work one day , Crawford witnessed twelve loaded coal cars starting down the track after the blocking in front of ...
... bank situated near the breaker . Jack claimed to have won this promotion for having stopped a runaway train . Walking to work one day , Crawford witnessed twelve loaded coal cars starting down the track after the blocking in front of ...
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... bank.9 Perhaps it was at this time that young Crawford first ran away from home to join the army . On this and a second attempt to enlist , government officials sent him home for being too small and too young . Meanwhile , John A ...
... bank.9 Perhaps it was at this time that young Crawford first ran away from home to join the army . On this and a second attempt to enlist , government officials sent him home for being too small and too young . Meanwhile , John A ...
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... bank , they built a huge fire to dry clothes and then fixed a meal of veni- son , pork , and coffee . A keg of brandy was also tapped , and every- one but Jack imbibed . But even this stimulant did not prevent four men from suffering ...
... bank , they built a huge fire to dry clothes and then fixed a meal of veni- son , pork , and coffee . A keg of brandy was also tapped , and every- one but Jack imbibed . But even this stimulant did not prevent four men from suffering ...
Contents
TWO YEARS IN THE GOLD FIELDS | 229 |
A GENIUS IN BUCKSKIN | 247 |
IF I BUT COULD | 273 |
Copyright | |
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