My First Life

Becoming a Man on the Colorado Frontier 1880-1905

von Frederick F Blachly

388 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Frederick Frank Blachly was born in a barn in Western Colorado in 1880, the second oldest of eight boys. When he was barely 13 his father was shot and killed by bank robbers, leaving young Fred to provide for his family. With only 3rd grade education he worked as a handyman, camp cook, cowboy, and rancher, enduring heartbreaking losses until age 25 when he determined to pursue a real education. After catching a cattle train east, he put himself through his secondary and college education in 6 years, graduating from Oberlin College, then earning a PhD from Columbia University.

• Themen: Biographie, Literatur und Literaturwissenschaft Biografien und Sachliteratur Memoiren, Berichte, Erinnerungen
• ISBN: 9781737228042
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 10.02.2025
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Sheep Island Press
• Herausgegeben von: Peter Blachly