Savage Scene: The Life and Times of James Kirker, Frontier King
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Author: McGaw, William Cochran (1914-2004)
Publisher: Hastings House
Pub Date: 1972
Binding: Hardcover
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Notes: Kirker (1793-1852) was born in Ireland, emigrated to the United States at 16 to avoid conscription in the British navy. He was a privateer, a miner, a mountain man, a scout, worked for the Mexican government in its wars against the Apache, served in the Mexican-American War, and is rumored to be one of the founders of Silver City, New Mexico. One of those people you might have second thoughts about naming a street or park or memorial for. For a brief biography of the author, William McGaw, see https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/11/15/18461467.php
