Author: Charley Hester
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803273467
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Captures the remarkable experiences, exploits, and adventures of a teenage runaway from Illinois in the Wild West, in a memoir that describes his encounter with Wild Bill Hickok and Doc Holliday, a surprise encounter with Indians, and conflicts with nature. Original.
The True Life Wild West Memoir of a Bush-popping Cow Waddy
Author: Charley Hester
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803273467
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Captures the remarkable experiences, exploits, and adventures of a teenage runaway from Illinois in the Wild West, in a memoir that describes his encounter with Wild Bill Hickok and Doc Holliday, a surprise encounter with Indians, and conflicts with nature. Original.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803273467
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Captures the remarkable experiences, exploits, and adventures of a teenage runaway from Illinois in the Wild West, in a memoir that describes his encounter with Wild Bill Hickok and Doc Holliday, a surprise encounter with Indians, and conflicts with nature. Original.
Autobiography of Samuel S. Hildebrand
Author: Kirby Ross
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
ISBN: 1610750543
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
Most Civil War historians now agree that the guerrilla conflict shaped the entire war in significant ways. Some of these “bushwhackers”—Nathan Bedford Forrest, William Clarke Quantrill, John Singleton Mosby—have become quite infamous. Illiterate Sam Hildebrand, one of Missouri’s most notorious guerrillas—often compared to “Rob Roy,” and the subject of dime novels—was one of the few to survive the war and have his story taken down and published. Shortly after this he was killed in a barroom brawl. “I make no apology to mankind for my acts of retaliation; I make no whining appeal to the world for sympathy. I sought revenge and I found it; the key of hell was not suffered to rust in the lock while I was on the war path.” —Sam Hildebrand Hildebrand’s reign of terror gave the Union army fits and kept much of the Trans-Mississippi, especially Missouri, roiling in the 1860s. Over seven years of fighting he and his men killed dozens of soldiers and civilians, whites and blacks; he claimed to have killed nearly one hundred himself. He was accused of many heinous acts. The historical significance of Hildebrand’s story is substantial, but his bloody tale is eminently readable and stands quite well on its own as a cold-blooded portrait of a violent time in American history. Like the nightmarish and depraved world of the Kid in Cormac McCarthy’s novel Blood Meridian, Hildebrand’s world is truly ruthless and his story is brutally descriptive in its coolly detached rendering of one man’s personal war. Published in 1870, Hildebrand’s autobiography has long been out of print and has been a rare and highly prized acquisition among Civil War
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
ISBN: 1610750543
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
Most Civil War historians now agree that the guerrilla conflict shaped the entire war in significant ways. Some of these “bushwhackers”—Nathan Bedford Forrest, William Clarke Quantrill, John Singleton Mosby—have become quite infamous. Illiterate Sam Hildebrand, one of Missouri’s most notorious guerrillas—often compared to “Rob Roy,” and the subject of dime novels—was one of the few to survive the war and have his story taken down and published. Shortly after this he was killed in a barroom brawl. “I make no apology to mankind for my acts of retaliation; I make no whining appeal to the world for sympathy. I sought revenge and I found it; the key of hell was not suffered to rust in the lock while I was on the war path.” —Sam Hildebrand Hildebrand’s reign of terror gave the Union army fits and kept much of the Trans-Mississippi, especially Missouri, roiling in the 1860s. Over seven years of fighting he and his men killed dozens of soldiers and civilians, whites and blacks; he claimed to have killed nearly one hundred himself. He was accused of many heinous acts. The historical significance of Hildebrand’s story is substantial, but his bloody tale is eminently readable and stands quite well on its own as a cold-blooded portrait of a violent time in American history. Like the nightmarish and depraved world of the Kid in Cormac McCarthy’s novel Blood Meridian, Hildebrand’s world is truly ruthless and his story is brutally descriptive in its coolly detached rendering of one man’s personal war. Published in 1870, Hildebrand’s autobiography has long been out of print and has been a rare and highly prized acquisition among Civil War
Journal of the West
Author: Lorrin L. Morrison
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 474
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 474
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American Book Publishing Record
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 928
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 928
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Great Plains Quarterly
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Category : Great Plains
Languages : en
Pages : 314
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Category : Great Plains
Languages : en
Pages : 314
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The Western Historical Quarterly
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Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 322
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Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 322
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Book Review Index
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 1426
Book Description
Every 3rd issue is a quarterly cumulation.
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 1426
Book Description
Every 3rd issue is a quarterly cumulation.
What's Up Doc?
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 370
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 370
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Kansas History
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Category : Kansas
Languages : en
Pages : 344
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Category : Kansas
Languages : en
Pages : 344
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America, History and Life
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Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
Article abstracts and citations of reviews and dissertations covering the United States and Canada.
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Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
Article abstracts and citations of reviews and dissertations covering the United States and Canada.