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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 6 0 Browse Search
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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Book III (continued) (search)
h Fremont's last expedition (1857), by S. N. Carvalho, artist to the expedition. One of the phenomenally reckless, daredevil frontiersmen was James P. Beckwourth, a man of mixed blood, who dictated a marvellous story of his escapades to T. D. Bonner. This was published in 1856 as The life and adventures of James P. Beckwourth. Somewhat highly coloured, no doubt, by Beckwourth's fancy, it still remains a valuable record of the time. Another book in this class is The adventures of James Capen Adams of California, edited by Theodore H. Hittell (1860 and 1911); and still another is William F. Drannan's Thirty-one years on the Plains and Mountains, or the last voice from the Plains (1900), wherein he describes his intimacy with Kit Carson and other frontiersmen, all apparently from memory, as was the case with the life records of most of the rougher class of hunters. Drannan published another book, Captain W. F. Drannan, chief of scouts, etc. Joe Meek was a brilliant example of th
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Index (search)
eorge, 26, 91, 288, 289, 290 Adler (Jewish actor), 608 Adler, Karl, 583 Admirable Crichton, the, 286 Adolescence, 422 Adrea, 281, 282 Adventures of Francois, the, 90, 91 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the, 16 Adventures of James Capen Adams of California, the, 153 Adventures in Patagonia, 155 Adventures in the wilderness, 163 Adventures in Zuñi, 159 Aeschylus, 460 Aesop, 634 After the ball, 513 After the War, 352 Against Midias, 465 Agamemnon, 460, 465 s., 275 Bates, Blanche, 281 Batti Batti, 450 Battle cry of freedom, 497 Battle hymn of the Republic, the, 121, 495, 496 Battles and leaders of the Civil War, 181 Baumfeld, Maurice, 589 Beach, Rex, 288 Beade, E. F., 152 Beadle and Adams, 66 Beadle, J. H., 143 Beau Brummell, 278, 283 Beaumarchais, 448 Beaurepaire, Chevalier Quesnay de, 447 Beauties of Poetry, British and American, 544 n. Because she loved him so, 285-6 Beck, Karl, 451, 462, 463 Beckwourth, Jame
The Daily Dispatch: November 28, 1860., [Electronic resource], The Southern Press. (search)
ter. By the author of the "Heir of Radcliffe," "Heartsease," &c. New York: D. Appleton & Co. Two volumes. For sale by Woodhouse & Co. The Adventures of James Capen Adams,Mountaineer and Grizzly Bear Hunter of California. By Theodore Hittell. Illustrated. Boston: Crosby, Nichols, Lee & Co.--This is a book of intrepid achievements and hair-breadth escapes of the noted Capt. Adams. --Barnum had the tact to introduce some grizzly bears into his museum, and to employ Capt. Adams to exhibit them. But the old hunter bore with him some fatal wounds, received in his fierce struggles with the wild animals of the forest and mountains, and of these he recently dCapt. Adams to exhibit them. But the old hunter bore with him some fatal wounds, received in his fierce struggles with the wild animals of the forest and mountains, and of these he recently died in New York. For sale by Starke & Cardoza. Jack in The Forecastle; or, Incidents of Early Life. By Hawser Martingale. Boston: Crosby, Nichols, Lee & Co.--"Hawser Martingale" is the homme de plume of Capt John S. Sleeper, of Boston, a journalist of considerable reputation, who has had a great deal of experience in life on