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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... young Crawford learned to read and write under the tu- telage of a Sister of Charity . The written word seemingly mesmer- ized the young soldier , and he never escaped from its spell during his lifetime . Crawford's second great ...
... young Crawford learned to read and write under the tu- telage of a Sister of Charity . The written word seemingly mesmer- ized the young soldier , and he never escaped from its spell during his lifetime . Crawford's second great ...
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... Young Crawford soon left Washington , en route to the Sa- terlee Hospital in West Philadelphia . Jack later recalled that when he and hundreds of other wounded arrived in Philadelphia , they were met by volunteer firemen with ambulances ...
... Young Crawford soon left Washington , en route to the Sa- terlee Hospital in West Philadelphia . Jack later recalled that when he and hundreds of other wounded arrived in Philadelphia , they were met by volunteer firemen with ambulances ...
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... young man of temperate habits , [ who ] will make a good and attentive postmaster . " 11 Jack's marriage to the young and pretty Maria Stokes oc- curred on October 2 , 1869 , in Ashland , a few miles west of Girard- ville . Maria's ...
... young man of temperate habits , [ who ] will make a good and attentive postmaster . " 11 Jack's marriage to the young and pretty Maria Stokes oc- curred on October 2 , 1869 , in Ashland , a few miles west of Girard- ville . Maria's ...
Contents
TWO YEARS IN THE GOLD FIELDS | 229 |
A GENIUS IN BUCKSKIN | 247 |
IF I BUT COULD | 273 |
Copyright | |
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