The Bullwhacker: Adventures of a Frontier Freighter - Softcover

Hooker, William Francis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0803272383 ISBN 13: 9780803272385

Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, 1988

Synopsis

1925. From the Pioneer Life Series. Illustrated with drawings by Herman Palmer and with photographs. Though stories of love have ever been popular, it is stories of adventure that have lived longest, and always has a tale seemed the better if its teller could vouch for its truth or if he could add the magic formula I was there! In The Bullwhacker we have the story of a man who was there-who met the Indian, the cowboy, and the outlaw in the untamed West, the while he whacked bulls! It seems a far cry, indeed, from the days of Indian troubles, the crude justice of the frontier, and bull-train freighting to these days of peace, orderly justice, and aerial express service! But in the vivid memory of William Francis Hooker, once known as Skinny Bill, those other times are reconciled with these. In the stories he tells, the old West lives again, for he was there; and, what is more, he took part in the actions he describes. This volume contains a number of the best of Mr. Hooker's true stories of adventure long ago.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Publication date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0803272383
• ISBN 13: 9780803272385
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 167
• Editor: Driggs Howard R.