William F. Drannan

Chief of Scouts (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Captain W.F. Drannan - Chief of Scouts is an autobiography of a Scout Captain William F. Drannan in which he has tried to portray that part of his earlier life which was spent in piloting emigrant and government trains across the Western Plains.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Copycat
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Februar 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9788028285876
• Artikelnr.: 67506748

Autorenporträt

William F. Drannan (1832 - 1913) was a figure of the American frontier who gained fame for his purported exploits as a frontiersman, hunter, and scout. Immortalized through his autobiographical work, 'Chief of Scouts' (1909), Drannan narrates a sensational life of adventure during a time when the West was still a canvas for the American mythos. While Drannan's accounts of his experiences with Native American tribes, wildlife encounters, and rugged survival have captured the imaginations of readers, historians have debated the veracity of his tales. With a style characterized by thrilling action-paced narratives and a supposed firsthand understanding of the Old West, Drannan contributed to the romanticized version of Western history. Critics have noted that his writing, while entertaining, must be critically analyzed in the context of 'tall tales', a common genre of storytelling during his era that often blended fact and fiction. Nonetheless, Drannan's 'Chief of Scouts' remains an important cultural artifact that sheds light on how stories from the West were crafted and how they shaped American identity during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.