Buckskin Joe

"One of the most hilarious autobiographies that has come out in a long time, this story of Buckskin Joe will entertain readers of all ages. . . . [Glenn Shirley] has done an excellent job in arranging and editing Hoyt's war diary, penciled notes, and other materials into a readable book. It makes a bully story."Wayne Gard,Southwest Review 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 fetes 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. Glenn Shirley, who edited Joe's journals, is the author ofLaw West of Fort Smith(also a Bison Book) and many other works on frontier and outlaw history.

Glenn Shirley, who edited Joe's journals, is the author of Law West of Fort Smith (also a Bison Book) and many other works on frontier and outlaw history.

Preface	p. vii
from the Cradle into the Woods	p. 1
Out of the Woods into the Village	p. 11
	p. 25
On the Warpath--My First Year in the Civil War	p. 35
from Flint Hill to the Chickahominy-- the Peninsular Campaign of 1862	p. 49
Out of the Hospital and Back to My Regiment--From the Battlefield to Portsmouth Grove, Rhode Island--An Attempt on My Life by an Army Doctor and My Escape to Canada	p. 63
Lincoln's Amnesty Proclamation and My Third Enlistment in 1865--The End of the Civil War--I Steal a Wife	p. 71
Five Years on the Stage and in the Circus Ring, 1866 to 1870--Death of My Brother Warren	p. 81
off to a Life in the Far West--Southern Kansas and Indian Territory in the '70's, Scouting and Fighting Indians	p. 91
the Indian War of 1874--Panic, Drought, and the Grasshopper Plague--I Organize the "Ragged-Ass Militia"	p. 105
My Return to Show Life, Traveling with the Laiscell Family Troupe as Bert Laiscell, "King of the High Rope"--Mining and Prospecting in Colorado, Trouble-Shooting for "Haw" Tabor--Caught in the Ute Indian Uprising of 1879, and a Race for Life	p. 117
More Colorado Experiences and Hair- Breadth Escapes, 1880-1883	p. 137
Gold in Honduras--My Adventuring Days Are Over	p. 171
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