Buckskin Joe: A Memoir (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780803272392)

In his lifetime Edward Jonathan Hoyt, better known as Buckskin Joe, staged more excitement than Buffalo Bill, Fairbanks and Flynn, Karl Wallenda, and Batman put together. Born in Canada in 1840, he fought in the Civil War, homesteaded in southern Kansas, chased outlaws as a U.S. marshal in the Cherokee Outlet, prospected for gold from Nova Scotia to Central America, and served as a troubleshooter for "Haw" Tabor, the Silver King of Leadville. But essentially he was an entertainer, specializing in f黎es of music and feats of strength and agility. The master of sixteen musical instruments, he played in frontier bands. An acrobat and aerialist, he toured in circuses, once walking a tightrope two thousand feet above the Royal Gorge. His last hurrah, before pursuing his fortune in the jungles of Honduras, was a tour in Pawnee Bill's Wild West show.

Author: Glenn Shirley, Edward Jonathan Hoyt
ISBN-10: 0803272391
ISBN-13: 9780803272392
Publisher: Bison Books
Language: English
Published: 01/01/1988
Pages: 202
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 8.01h x 5.34w x 0.46d