Website Search
Find information on spaces, staff, and services.
Catalog Search
Books
Life of J.C. Adams, known as Old Adams, Old Grizzly Adams containing a truthful account of his bear hunts, fights with grizzly bears, hairbreadth escapes in the Rocky and Nevada Mountains and the wilds of the Pacific Coast
- Author / Creator
- Available as
- Online
Details
- Other Title
-
- Hair-breadth escapes and adventures of "Grizzly Adams", in catching and conquering the wild animals included in his California menagerie
- Included Title
-
- The American West (Adam Matthew Digital)
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
-
- New York : [Wynkoop, Hallenbeck, & Thomas, Printers], 1860
- Physical Details
-
- 53 p
- Cover title.
- "Written by himself"--P. [1]
- The 'Life of J.C. Adams' was prepared as publicity at the time Barnum exhibited Adam's collection of wild animals in New York. There are two editions of the work, the earlier containing only 29 pages of text.
- Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, England : Adam Matthew Digital, c2008 (The American West) Lacks cover Laid in is a photograph of Adams with a grizzly bear.
- Newberry Library, Chicago