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Life of Billy Dixon: Plainsman, Scout, and Pioneer
Life of Billy Dixon is a compelling narrative of the "wild, free life" on the Great Plains frontier. Ride with Billy Dixon to a high point on the plains and look out over a nearly solid mass of buffalo that stretches in every direction as far as the eye can see. Stand with Billy Dixon at Adobe Walls, in the unsettled Texas Panhandle, as hundreds of Comanche, Kiowa, and Cheyenne warriors on horseback charge out of the pre-dawn darkness toward a few dozen buffalo hunters. Crouch down in desperation with Billy Dixon at the Buffalo Wallow Fight as he and a few wounded and dying men lie in a shallow depression on the plains surrounded by howling Indians. In the Life of Billy Dixon the Great Plains frontier is seen through the knowing eyes of a participant who lived that frontier experience and who fortunately left an accurate and engaging record for those who followed.
258 pages, Hardcover
First published March 1, 1914
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February 7, 2014
In 1874, a band of Comanches, Kiowas, and Cheyenne escaped the confines of Indian Territory and sought to reclaim the Great Plains for the buffalo. They attacked a trading post at Adobe Walls, Texas. Billy Dixon was one of the buffalo hunters there. This is his story.
More than a history of that day at Adobe Walls, this is a story of the adventure of the Great Plains frontier.
Billy Dixon was not a well educated man. His wife, Olive, wrote down his recollections and put them into a readable narrative. She did a tremendous job.
One of the few autobiographies good enough to stay up all night reading.
More than a history of that day at Adobe Walls, this is a story of the adventure of the Great Plains frontier.
Billy Dixon was not a well educated man. His wife, Olive, wrote down his recollections and put them into a readable narrative. She did a tremendous job.
One of the few autobiographies good enough to stay up all night reading.
June 16, 2012
In 1874, a band of Comanches, Kiowas, and Cheyenne escaped the confines of Indian Territory and sought to reclaim the Great Plains for the buffalo. They attacked a trading post at Adobe Walls, Texas. Billy Dixon was one of the buffalo hunters there. This is his story.
More than a history of that day at Adobe Walls, this is a story of the adventure of the Great Plains frontier.
Billy Dixon was not a well educated man. His wife, Olive, wrote down his recollections and put them into a readable narrative. She did a tremendous job.
One of the few autobiographies good enough to stay up all night reading.
More than a history of that day at Adobe Walls, this is a story of the adventure of the Great Plains frontier.
Billy Dixon was not a well educated man. His wife, Olive, wrote down his recollections and put them into a readable narrative. She did a tremendous job.
One of the few autobiographies good enough to stay up all night reading.
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