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Comanche Jack Stilwell : army scout and plainsman
Title
Comanche Jack Stilwell : army scout and plainsman / Clint E. Chambers and Paul H. Carlson.
ISBN
9780806162782
0806162783
Publication
Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2019]
Physical Description
xiv, 280 pages ; 23 cm
Summary
"Biography of Simpson E. "Jack" Stilwell, from his start as a teenage runaway turned teamster on the Santa Fe Trail to his later turns as lawyer, judge, U.S. Marshal, hangman, and associate of Buffalo Bill Cody"-- Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 13, 2019
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Family background and youth
On the Santa Fe trail
Scouting for the army in Kansas
Battle of Beecher Island
Scouting with Custer
With buffalo soldiers on the southern plains
The Red River War
With Ranald Mackenzie at Fort Sill
In Arizona and west Texas
Chasing cattle, trouble, and Wyatt Earp
A cowboy in Indian Territory
Deputy U.S. marshal
El Reno police judge and friend of Buffalo Bill
Federal court commissioner in Anadarko
In Cody, Wyoming.
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