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- catalog abstract "Here for the first time is the complete life story of the controversial lawman Frank Canton, born Joe Horner, who, after conviction and imprisonment for armed robbery, escaped to change his name and transform himself into an ambitious, hard-working peace officer pursuing felons all over the western frontier for almost half a century. Canton was active in widely separate sections of the country - Texas, Wyoming, Oklahoma, and Alaska - during the last quarter of the. Nineteenth century and the first quarter of the twentieth. Western historian Robert K. DeArment has tracked down the facts of the mysterious Canton's early life and misdeeds in Texas; his participation in the Johnson County War as an agent of the Wyoming Stock Growers Association; his pursuit of the Daltons, Bill Doolin, and other outlaws in Oklahoma Territory; his experiences as a peace officer and gold prospector in Alaska; his career as a bounty hunter; and his. Ultimate success as adjutant general of the new state of Oklahoma. Based on exhaustive study of primary materials - court records, contemporary periodicals, and Canton's own writings and memorabilia collected during his lifetime - this fast-paced, objective biography will give readers unique insights into the legendary Canton's eventful life and a better understanding of how the rule of law was brought to the West by six-guns.".
- catalog contributor b8542773.
- catalog coverage "Alaska Biography.".
- catalog coverage "Oklahoma Biography.".
- catalog coverage "Wyoming Biography.".
- catalog created "1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
- catalog description "Here for the first time is the complete life story of the controversial lawman Frank Canton, born Joe Horner, who, after conviction and imprisonment for armed robbery, escaped to change his name and transform himself into an ambitious, hard-working peace officer pursuing felons all over the western frontier for almost half a century. Canton was active in widely separate sections of the country - Texas, Wyoming, Oklahoma, and Alaska - during the last quarter of the.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Nineteenth century and the first quarter of the twentieth. Western historian Robert K. DeArment has tracked down the facts of the mysterious Canton's early life and misdeeds in Texas; his participation in the Johnson County War as an agent of the Wyoming Stock Growers Association; his pursuit of the Daltons, Bill Doolin, and other outlaws in Oklahoma Territory; his experiences as a peace officer and gold prospector in Alaska; his career as a bounty hunter; and his.".
- catalog description "Ultimate success as adjutant general of the new state of Oklahoma. Based on exhaustive study of primary materials - court records, contemporary periodicals, and Canton's own writings and memorabilia collected during his lifetime - this fast-paced, objective biography will give readers unique insights into the legendary Canton's eventful life and a better understanding of how the rule of law was brought to the West by six-guns.".
- catalog extent "ix, 402 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0806128283 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Norman : University of Oklahoma Press,".
- catalog spatial "Alaska Biography.".
- catalog spatial "Alaska".
- catalog spatial "Alaska.".
- catalog spatial "Oklahmoa".
- catalog spatial "Oklahoma Biography.".
- catalog spatial "Oklahoma".
- catalog spatial "Oklahoma.".
- catalog spatial "Wyoming Biography.".
- catalog spatial "Wyoming".
- catalog spatial "Wyoming.".
- catalog subject "973 B 20".
- catalog subject "Canton, Frank, 1849-1927.".
- catalog subject "F699.C36 D43 1996".
- catalog subject "Frontier and pioneer life Alaska.".
- catalog subject "Frontier and pioneer life Oklahoma.".
- catalog subject "Frontier and pioneer life Wyoming.".
- catalog subject "Pioneers Alaska Biography.".
- catalog subject "Pioneers Oklahmoa Biography.".
- catalog subject "Pioneers Oklahoma Biography.".
- catalog subject "Pioneers Wyoming Biography.".
- catalog title "Alias Frank Canton / by Robert K. DeArment.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".