1883. A full account of the romantic deeds, lofty achievements, and
marvelous adventures of Boone, Kenton, Clarke, Logan, Harrod, the
Wetzel Brothers, the Bradys, Poe, and other celebrated frontiersmen
and Indian fighters; Crockett, Houston, Kit Carson, Buffalo Bill,
Wild Bill and all the famous plainsmen; Graham, Sutter, Marshall,
Fremont, Kearney and other historic names of the Pacific Coast.
With picturesque sketches of border life, past and present;
backwoods camp-meetings, schools and Sunday-schools; heroic
fortitude and noble deeds of the pioneer wives and mothers.
Flatboating; the Overland route and its horrors; the Gold Fever and
filibustering expeditions; vigilance committees; Lafitte, Walker,
Brigham Young, etc.; eccentricities and self-sacrificing labors of
Cartwright, Axley and other celebrated pioneer preachers and
describing life and adventure on the Plains and in the mining camps
of today, including hunting, trapping, freighting, ranching,
herding. Posttrading, Indian agencies, scouts, guides and
desperadoes; immense fortunes of western millionaires, how made,
etc. With 200 portraits from life and original and striking
engravings from designs by Nast, Darley and other eminent artists.
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