Life and marvelous adventures of Wild Bill, the Scout

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LibriVox recording of Life and marvelous adventures of Wild Bill, the Scout by J. W. Buel. Read in English by Jairus Amar; Lynne Thompson; Jothi Tharavant; micnc08; fdneal; DJRickyV; drsxj; Itsjustlib; deongines; Richard Corfield; cheeni BEING A TRUE AND EXACT HISTORY OF ALL THE SANGUINARY COMBATS AND HAIR-BREADTH ESCAPES OF THE MOST FAMOUS SCOUT AND SPY AMERICA EVER PRODUCED. "Wild Bill, as a frontier character of the daring, cunning and honorable class, stands alone, without a prototype; his originality is as conspicuous as his remarkable escapades. He was desperate without being a desperado; a fighter without that disposition which invites danger or craves the excitement of an encounter. He killed many men, but in every instance it was either in self-defense or in the prosecution of a duty which he deemed justifiable. Wild Bill was a necessary character in the Far West during the period which marked his career. He was essentially a civilizer, in the sense of a vigilance posse. The law and order class found in him an effective agent for the correction of the lawless; it was fighting the desperate with one of their kind, and Bill had the cunning to remain on the side of society an…

Directors & creators

J. W. Buel

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;

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