Download or read book Thirty one Years on the Plains and in the Mountains written by William F. Drannan and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 750 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Howes and others give scathing review of this work as unreliable. Drannan's wife may have actually written most of the book, based on her husband's stories. Drannan has himself as the rescuer of Olive Oatman, and a companion of Kit Carson.
Download or read book Thirty one Years on the Plains and in the Mountains Or The Last Voice from the Plains written by William F. Drannan and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The author starts out with the most notable events of his boyhood days, among them his troubles with an old negro virago, wherein he gets his revenge by throwing a nest of lively hornets under her feet. Then come his flight and a trip, to St. Louis, hundreds of miles on foot, his accidental meeting with that most eminent man of his class, Kit Carson, who takes the lad into his care and treats him as a kind father would a son. He then proceeds to give a minute description of his first trip on the plains, where he meets and associates with such noted planismen [sic] as Gen. John Charles Fremont, James Beckwith, Jim Bridger, and others, and gives the incidents of his association with them in scouting, trapping, hunting big game, Indian fighting, etc. The author also gives brief sketches of the springing into existence of many of the noted cities of the west, and the incidents connected therewith that have never been written before. There is also a faithful recital of his many years of scouting for such famous Indian fighters as Gen. Crook, Gen. Conner, Col. Elliott, gen. Wheaton and others, all of which will be of more than passing interest to those who can be entertained by the early history of the western part of our great republic. This work also gives us insight into the lives of the hardy pioneers of the far west, and many trials and hardships they had to undergo in blazing the trail and hewing the way to one of the grandest and most healthful regions of the United States.--From the preface.
Download or read book Thirty one Years on the Plains and in the Mountains written by William F. Drannan and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-30 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty-One Years on the Plains and in the Mountains by William F. Drannan.
Download or read book Thirty One Years On the Plains and in the Mountains Or the Last Voice from the Plains an Authentic Record of a Life Time of Hunting Trapping Scouting and Indian Fighting in the Far West written by William F. Drannan and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-03-06 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original.
Download or read book Thirty One Years on the Plains and in the Mountains written by William F Drannan and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-08-07 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1900 Edition.
Download or read book Thirty One Years on the Plains and in the Mountains written by William F Drannan and published by Franklin Classics Trade Press. This book was released on 2018-10-21 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book 30 1 YEARS ON THE PLAINS IN written by William F. 1832-1913 Drannan and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-28 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Thirtyone Years on the Plains and in the Mountains written by William F. Drannan and published by IndyPublish.com. This book was released on 2003-12-01 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Thirty One Years on the Plains and in the Mountains written by William F Drannan and published by Scholar's Choice. This book was released on 2015-02-08 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Thirty One Years on the Plains and in the Mountains Or the Last Voice from the Plains an Authentic Record of a Life Time of Hunting Trapping Scouting and Indian Fighting in the Far West written by William F. Drannan and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-08-14 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty-One Years on the Plains and in the Mountains, Or, the Last Voice from the Plains An Authentic Record of a Life Time of Hunting, Trapping, Scouting and Indian Fighting in the Far West by William F. Drannan The old saying that truth is stranger than fiction is emphasized in the life of every man whose career has been one of adventure and danger in the pursuit of a livelihood. Knowing nothing of the art of fiction and but little of any sort of literature; having been brought up in the severe school of nature, which is all truth, and having had as instructor in my calling a man who was singularly and famously truthful, truth has been my inheritance and in this book I bequeath it to my readers. My name is William F. Drannan, and I was born on the Atlantic ocean January 30, 1832, while my parents were emigrating from France to the United States. They settled in Tennessee, near Nashville, and lived upon a farm until I was about four years old. An epidemic of cholera prevailed in that region for some months during that time and my parents died of the dread disease, leaving myself and a little sister, seven months old, orphans. I have never known what became of my sister, nor do I know how I came to fall into the hands of a man named Drake, having been too young at that time to remember now the causes of happenings then. However, I remained with this man, Drake, on his plantation near The Hermitage, the home of Gen. Andrew Jackson, until I was fifteen. Drake was a bachelor who owned a large number of negro slaves, and I was brought up to the age mentioned among the negro children of the place, without schooling, but cuffed and knocked about more like a worthless puppy than as if I were a human child. I never saw the inside of a school-house, nor was I taught at home anything of value. Drake never even undertook to teach me the difference between good and evil, and my only associates were the little negro boys that belonged to Drake, or the neighbors. The only person who offered to control or correct me was an old negro woman, who so far from being the revered and beloved "Black Mammy," remembered with deep affection by many southern men and women, was simply a hideous black tyrant. She abused me shamefully, and I was punished by her not only for my own performances that displeased her, but for all the meanness done by the negro boys under her jurisdiction. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
Download or read book 30 1 YEARS ON THE PLAINS IN written by William F. 1832-1913 Drannan and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-29 with total page 734 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Death on the Prairie written by Paul Iselin Wellman and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1987-01-01 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Death on the Prairie is a sweeping narrative history of the Indian wars on the western plains that never loses sight of the individual actors. Beginning with the Minnesota Sioux Uprising in 1862, Paul I. Wellman shifts to conflicts in present-day Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Oklahoma, the Texas Panhandle, and South Dakota, involving, most spectacularly, the Sioux, but also the Cheyennes, Arapahos, Comanches, Kiowas, Utes, and Nez Perces—all being ezed out of their hunting grounds by white settlers. There is never a quiet page as Wellman describes the Sand Creek Massacre (1864), the Fetterman Massacre (1866), the Battle of the Washita (1868), the Battle of Adobe Walls (1874), the Battle of the Little Big Horn (1876), the Nez Perce War (1877), the Meeker Massacre (1879), and the tragedy at wounded Knee (1890) that ended the fighting on the plains. Celebrated chiefs (Red Cloud, Crazy Horse, Black Kettle, Satanta, Joseph, Ouray, Sitting Bull) clash with army officers (notably Custer, Sheridan, Miles, and Crook), and uncounted men, women, and children on both sides are cast in roles of fatal consequence.
Download or read book 30 1 YEARS ON THE PLAINS IN written by William F. 1832-1913 Drannan and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-29 with total page 734 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Thirty one Years on the Plains and in the Montains Or the Last Voice from the Plains an Authentic Record of a Life Time of Hunting Trapping Scouting and Indian Fighting in the Far West written by William F. Drannan and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Thirty One Years on the Plains and in the Mountains written by William Drannan and published by . This book was released on 2015-10-13 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William F. Drannan, according to this classic volume, led a singular and exciting life. Some modern readers, shall we say, suggest that he has exaggerated a bit. Some even call his work a hoax. Most readers, however, don't care whether Drannan actually knew Kit Carson, General Crook, and famous others of the Old West or whether he just borrowed their names to create an exciting and wonderfully entertaining series of tales. So suspend your disbelief. Pour a cup or glass or your favorite beverage, lean back, and prepare for adventure.
Download or read book Thirty One Years on the Plains and in the Mountains Or the Last Voice from the Plains Dodo Press written by W. F. Drannan and published by . This book was released on 2009-09 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captain William F. Drannan (1832-1913) was born on the Ocean during his parent's voyage from France to America. They settled in Tennessee. At the age of 4 he was orphaned by a cholera epidemic. He was then raised by a man named Drake. At age 15 he set out on his own and into an adventurous life. In 1847 he was taken under the wing of Kit Carson and became an Indian scout among many other things. He was accused of mixing fact and fiction in his books. He wrote two books about his life: Thirty-One Years on the Plains and in the Mountains; or, The Last Voice From the Plains (1903) and Chief of Scouts (1910).
