Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 edition. Excerpt: ... The Life Of Dr. Carver. With the universal interest that the unparalleled marksmanship of Dr. Carver has suddenly awakened, naturally comes the question, "Who is this wonderful man, who rides like a Centaur, shoots as unerringly as Death, and combines the modest courtesy of a true gentleman with a more than savage genius for the chase, and cool, courageous skill in the use of its weapons of destruction?" It is our purpose to answer this question with a brief account of the strange, eventful career that has developed the best shot in the world, without.an equal even among the savage tribes who taught his hand its cunning, and helped to train the steady nerve and grand physical force that are his birthright. His exploits are worthy of Cooper's famous heroes, and their narration should have additional interest from the fact that in no instance has it received the aid or coloring of romance or imagination, but is a simple statement of actual incidents in a wild and varied life. "Men have met, where sunlight glances All our border land along, Like the knights of old romances, Ventures bold and strange mischances Worthy of a poet's song," that are seldom known beyond their border-world, unless some special and striking gift like Doctor Carver's brings them unwillingly before the public. But few if any can, compare in wild adventure and absolute fearlessness with the subject of this sketch. His life seems to have had no parallel outside of the world of fiction, as his marksmanshiphas no parallel anywhere. HIS EARLY LIFE. "I remember my mother," said Dr. Carver, "as a. gentle, soft-voiced woman, with great braids of Shining auburn hair." Little did that gentle woman dream as she looked into the deep, wondering eyes of her first-born, that they...
