A Splendid Savage
The Restless Life of Frederick Russell Burnham
New York ; London : W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2016]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: x, 436 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
"A life of adventure and military daring on violent frontiers across the American West, Africa, Mexico, and the Klondike, "--Amazon.com.
Contents:
Child of the Frontier -- A Pueblo and Some Puritans -- Wanderings and Apprenticeships -- The Tonto Basin Feud -- Tombstone -- The Tigers of the Human Species -- Hunting Tigers with Tigers -- A Mine, a Wedding, a Change of Plans -- To Africa -- To the Frontier -- War in Matabeleland -- The King's Spoor -- The Shangani Patrol -- Spears Into Pegs -- Cashing In -- War Again -- The Mouthpiece of God -- The Klondike -- Chief of Scouts -- Behind Enemy Lines -- Celebrity and Hinterlands -- British East Africa -- Prospects and Losses -- A President Saved, Another Fortune Postponed -- Hippos and Spies -- Scouting for Mines and for Roosevelt -- Closing the Circle -- After the Bonanza.
Subjects:
Burnham, Frederick Russell, 1861-1947.
Boy Scouts of America -- History.
Adventure and adventurers -- United States -- Biography.
Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- United States -- Biography.
Burnham, Frederick Russell, 1861-1947.
Boy Scouts of America -- History.
Adventure and adventurers -- United States -- Biography.
Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780393239270 (hardcover)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Burnham, Frederick | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | In |
BIOGRAPHY Burnham, Frederick | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | In |
BIOGRAPHY Burnham, Frederick | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Biography | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-417) and index.