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9780195179842

The Devil May Care 50 Intrepid Americans and Their Quest for the Unknown

by Horwitz, Tony
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    9780195179842

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    0195179846

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2099-11-30
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary

Stripped naked and pursued across cactus-studded plains by a band of armed Blackfoot Indians, John Colter escaped certain death to become the one of the most durable characters in western American history. But Colter's harrowing tale was not beyond the ordinary when compared to the adventures of other American explorers. In The Devil May Care, popular historian and travel writer Tony Horwitz has culled through the American National Biography and selected fifty stirring biographies of adventurers who had no one's footsteps to follow in--and yet contributed enormously to our understanding of the world.
Horwitz introduces us to fascinating individuals such as John Ledyard, the first American to see what would become the Pacific Northwest, and Elisha Kent Kane, America's first arctic hero, who stumbled upon an extremely strange remedy for scurvy while icebound off of Ellesmere Island. Having set off into the unknown many times himself as a foreign correspondent, Horwitz brings a subtle sense of humor and a reporter's eye for detail to a collection that offers a glimpse inside the lives of historic Americans who brazenly challenged danger as they pursued their wanderlust to extreme climates and forbidding environments.
Beginning with a short essay, Horwitz seeks his own definition of exploration, drawing on some of his research into the voyages of Captain James Cook and considering its larger implications throughout history. Archival photographs as well as a lively and personal introduction to each story by Horwitz further enhance the appeal of a volume that winds its way through several centuries of American exploration, affirming that the best adventure stories are the true ones.

Author Biography

Tony Horwitz is the author of four books about history and adventure, He is also a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who has written for publications including the Wall Street Journal and the New Yorker. Horwitz lives in Virginia with his wife and son

Table of Contents

Introductionp. ix
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca [c.1490-c.1559]p. 3
John Smith [1580-1631]p. 7
David Pietersen de Vries [1593-1655?]p. 15
Francesco Giuseppe Bressani [1612-1672]p. 19
Hannah Duston [1657-1736]p. 25
Sir Alexander Cuming [c.1690/1692-1775]p. 28
Ann Hennis Trotter Bailey [1742-1825]p. 32
Jean Baptiste Point du Sable [1745?-1818]p. 37
Samuel Mason [c.1750-1803]p. 42
John Ledyard [1751-1789]p. 47
Simon Kenton [1755-1836]p. 50
George Crowninshield, Jr. [1766-1817]p. 55
Anne Newport Royall [1769-1854]p. 59
John Colter [c.1775-1813]p. 63
Giacomo Constantino Beltrami [1779-1855]p. 68
Marie Dorion [c.1790-1850]p. 73
Frances Wright [1795-1852]p. 77
George Catlin [1796-1872]p. 81
Samuel Patch [1799-1829]p. 87
David Douglas [1799-1834]p. 90
John August Sutter [1803-1880]p. 95
James Bridger [1804-1881]p. 101
Jacob Netsvetov [1804-1864]p. 105
Eliza Hart Spalding [1807-1851]p. 109
John Wise [1808-1879]p. 114
Albert Pike [1809-1891]p. 119
Grizzly Adams [1812-1860]p. 125
Agoston Haraszthy de Mokcsa [1812-1869]p. 129
John Charles Fremont [1813-1890]p. 133
Elisha Kent Kane [1820-1857]p. 141
Edward Zane Carroll Judson [1823-1886]p. 145
William Walker [1824-1860]p. 151
California Joe [1829-1876]p. 157
John Morrissey [1831-1878]p. 165
Mary Ann Brown Patten [1837-1861]p. 168
Buffalo Jones [1844-1919]p. 173
Joshua Slocum [1844-1909?]p. 177
Agnes Elisabeth Winona Leclercq Joy Salm-Salm [1844-1912]p. 183
Railroad Bill [d. 1896]p. 186
Ishi [1862?-1916]p. 191
David Fagen [1875-1901?]p. 195
Belle Livingstone [1875?-1957]p. 199
Hiram Bingham [1875-1956]p. 203
Duncan Hines [1880-1959]p. 209
Annette Kellerman [1887-1975]p. 213
Louise Arner Boyd [1887-1972]p. 219
Duke Paoa Kahanamoku [1890-1968]p. 225
Merian Coldwell Cooper [1893-1973]p. 229
Hubert F. Julian [1897-1983]p. 237
Richard Halliburton [1900-1939]p. 241
A Note on the American National Biographyp. 245
Authors of Articlesp. 247
Sources and Further Readingsp. 249
Indexp. 275
Picture Creditsp. 282
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