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Obras de Edward Everett Dale

Cow Country (1942) 28 cópias
A History of Oklahoma (1924) 10 cópias
History of Oklahoma (1948) 10 cópias
Tales of the Tepee (1998) 9 cópias

Associated Works

Utah Historical Quarterly - Vol. 26, No. 2, April 1958 (1958) — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)

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Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1879-02-08
Data de falecimento
1972-05-28
Local de enterro
Norman, OK
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
USA
Local de nascimento
Keller, Texas, USA
Local de falecimento
Norman, Oklahoma, USA
Ocupação
Historian
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I first encountered Frank Canton as the chief thug of the rancher side in the Johnson County War. This autobiography is filled with interesting details, and Canton seems to have had an effect on the creation of the cowboy-gunfighter hero of Fiction.
He began life as Joe Horner, and under that name, robbed several banks in Nebraska. But he got away with that, and then, the money having run out, he turned to being the violence wing of the Ranching elite in Wyoming.
After the Johnson County fiasco, he slipped more firmly into the world of law enforcement, and ended as a figure of respectability. His sins never seem to have caught up with him. The book is entertaining.
I read a 1972 reprint.
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DinadansFriend | Jun 7, 2014 |

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Obras
25
Also by
1
Membros
229
Popularidade
#98,340
Avaliação
½ 3.3
Resenhas
1
ISBNs
25

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