The staked plain /

This novel tells the truth as some poets remember it. The poets were very old frontiersmen and ancient horse Indians, once hostiles, with whom the author talked over a period of thirty years. And if Charley Goodnight, or Cap Arrington, or Big Tree, or Hunting Horse do not sound like the names of poe...

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Main Author: Tolbert, Frank X. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Harper & Brothers, [1958]
Edition:1st ed.
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