William Francis Hooker

Hooker, William Francis

1856 - 1938

Wyoming Territory

 

Biographical and Professional Information

 

William Hooker was a bullwhacker in the Wyoming Territory beginning in May 1874. He knew Buffalo Bill and General Custer. He later became a newspaperman, editor of the "Erie Railroad Magazine."

 

Genres

 

Autobiography or Biography

Fiction

Nonfiction

Western

 

Titles

 

  • John Hunton: Bullteam freighter, ranch owner, army post trader and contractor (1932). Milwaukee, WI: Allied Printing. ISBN: (?).

 

  • The Bullwhacker: Adventures of a frontier freighter (1924). Yonkers-on-Hudson, NY: World Book Company. ISBN: (?). Edited by Howard Driggs. Illustrated by Herman Palmer.

 

  • The Prairie Schooner (1918). Chicago, IL: Saul Brothers. ISBN: (?).

 

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