David Frakes Day, Civil War hero and notorious frontier newspaperman
By: Michael David Kaplan
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9780786461585
Subjects: Journalists; Newspaper editors; United States; United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 57th (1861-1865); Biography; History
Description: "After the start of the Civil War David Frakes Day told the "patriotic lie" when he falsified his age and enlisted in 57th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Day's postwar career as a journalist in Colorado proved no less treacherous. In this biography, Day takes his rightful place among the intriguing figures of the Civil War and the American West"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-277)) and index.
Table of contents: title: Different names every Saturday night; title: The forlorn hope; title: No law but the gun; title: Took war as the fates decreed; title: We believed in God, but was too busy to say so; title: Cow catcher of the political department; title: A Zulu word meaning virgin; title: A fresh roasting every morning; title: God save the queen; title: The muldoon is as about as popular as a stone bruise; title: Everything but the g strings; title: Against personified; title: Between the savior and the sky pilots; title: When we ascend the golden clothes pole; title: Conclusion; title: Epilogue.