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02310aam a2200373 4500 001 696EE9743A5E11E99DA6365497128E48 003 SILO 005 20190227010141 008 170130s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 010 $a 2016039994 020 $a 1493026372 pbk. : alk. paper 020 $a 9781493026371 pbk. : alk. paper 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $d TxAuBib $d SILO 100 1 $a Hocking, Doug. 245 1 $a Tom Jeffords, friend of Cochise / $c Doug Hocking. 264 1 $a Guilford, CT : $b TwoDot, $c [2017] 300 $a p. cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 $a Growing up -- Lake sailor -- Going west -- Apaches -- The Civil War -- Post war adventures -- Friendship -- The Chiricahua Agency -- Making a fortune 1877-1892 -- Owl Head Buttes 1892-1914. 520 $a "The first full-length biography of the Western legend Tom Jeffords, immortalized by Jimmy Stewart in 1950's Broken Arrow. This book tells the true story of a man who headed West drawn by the lure of the Pike's Peak Gold Rush in 1858; made a life for himself over a decade as he scouted for the army, prospected, became a business man; then learned the Apache language and rode alone into Cochise's camp in order to negotiate peaceful passage for his stagecoach company. In his search for the real story of Jeffords, Cochise, and the parts they played in mid-nineteenth century American history and politics, author Doug Hocking reveals that while the myths surrounding those events may have clouded the truth a bit, Jeffords was almost as brave and impressive as the legend had it."--Provided by publisher. 541 $d 20171102. 600 1 $a Jeffords, Tom $d 1832-1914. 600 $a Cochise $c Apache chief $d 1805?-1874 $x Friends and associates. 650 $a Prospectors $z Arizona $v Biography. 650 $a Stagecoach lines $z Southwest, New $x Employees $v Biography. 650 $a Scouts (Reconnaissance) $z United States $v Biography. 650 $a Businessmen $z Arizona $v Biography. 650 $a Chiricahua Indians $x Wars. 650 $a Indian agents $z Arizona $v Biography. 650 $a Apache Indians $x Wars. 651 1 $a Arizona $v Biography. 941 $a 1 952 $l SWPB124 $d 20190227033717.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=696EE9743A5E11E99DA6365497128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search