Buckskin Joe - A Memoir

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 fêtes 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.

About the author

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

Summary

Born in Canada in 1840, Edward Jonathan Hoyt fought in the Civil War, homesteaded in southern Kansas, chased outlaws as a US 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. This autobiography tells his story.

Product details

• Authors: Edward J. Hoyt Hoyt, Edward Jonathan Hoyt
• Assisted by: Glenn Shirley (Photographs), Glenn Shirley (Editor)
• Publisher: Bison Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1988
• EAN: 9780803272392
• ISBN: 978-0-8032-7239-2
• No. of pages: 202
• Dimensions: 136 mm x 203 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 240 g
• Series: Bison Book S; Bison Book; Bison Book S
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies