Maverick
Subtitle: The American Name That Became a Legend
Publisher: Trinity University Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781595348388
Subjects: Vocabulary
Description: "A historical account of the man who unwittingly inspired the term 'maverick,' the family it's derived from, the cowboys who embraced it as an adjective meaning rakish and independent, the curious inquirers intrigued by the stories, and the appropriators who have borrowed it for political fame"--