Charles King

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born

October 12, 1844 in Albany, New York, The United States

died

March 17, 1933

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Charles King was a United States soldier and a distinguished writer. He graduated from West Point in 1866 and served in the Army during the Indian Wars under George Crook. He was wounded in the arm forcing his retirement from the regular army. During this time he became acquainted with Buffalo Bill Cody. King would later write scripts for several of Cody's silents films. In 1898, he was appointed brigadier general of volunteers and sailed to the Philippines during the Spanish-American War; he also led a brigade during the ensuing Philippine-American War. He returned to the United States and was active in the Wisconsin National Guard and in training troops for World War I. He wrote and edited over 60 books and novels.

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Books by Charles King

Average rating: 3.51 · 47 ratings · 9 reviews · 118 distinct works

	A War-Time Wooing 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2008 — 12 editions	My rating:
	A Daughter of the Sioux 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Campaigning with Crook 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1983 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Billy Baseball 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2006	My rating:
	Trumpeter Fred a Story of the Plains 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Kitty's conquest 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2007 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Tonio, Son of the Sierras 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2008 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Laramie, or the Queen of Bedlam 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1889 — 19 editions	My rating:
	lanier of the cavalary or a week's arrest 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1909 — 17 editions	My rating:
	A Soldier's Trial: An Episode of the Canteen Crusade (1905) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating: