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The Wolfers
James Willard Schultz
Soft Cover $17.99
James Willard Schultz was born in
Boonville, New York, and even as a young lad always wanted to go
West. He did so as an 18 year old in 1877, stepping off a
steamboat at the levee in Fort Benton on the upper Missouri
River. Befriended by the noted trader and scout, Joe Kipp,
Schultz lived the the Blackfoot during the final years of the
buffalo days, going on buffalo hunts, skirmishing with the Crows
and the Assiniboines, going on horse-taking raids, and even
marrying a Blackfoot woman.
In later years, Schultz became a noted
storyteller and writer, publishing 37 books between 1907 and
1940. He also wrote many stories for magazines which were
written in installments over a number of issues. One not
published during his lifetime in book forms was "The Wolfers -
Woodhawking upon the Upper Missouri," an adventure story
appearing in American Boy in 1922-1923. It reveals Schultz in
all of his strength as a writer who loved the life he depicts
and captures the spirit of the times in a way that excites the
reader and breathes of authenticity.
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