Whatever happened to Sacagawea's son? His mother became a legend. But the infant boy who also made the hazardous 1,900-mile journey to Oregon with the Lewis and Clark Expedition nearly disappeared from sight after their return. Yet he lived a long, adventurous life. Educated in St. Louis by William Clark, he spent six years in Europe as the ward of a German prince. Upon his return he joined the fur trade, working with the famous of the west--Jim Bridger, Tom Fitzpatrick, Kit Carson--a guide for the Mormon Battalion in its 1,100-mile march across the Southwest to California, the alcalde of...

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CONFESSIONS OF A HORSE DEALER. CHAP. I. RoguesandFools Tricks of Horse Copers Swindling Practices The Advertising Dodge The Respectable Groom Buying a Secret A Regular Muff A Deal on the Bustle The Raffle The Sportsmans Wife The Eighth Hussars- Poor Old Jocko The False Tail . page 1 CHAP. II. The Marquis of Waterfords Horse Shewing the Paces A perfect Fencer Jump up, Sir Cash on Delivery The Spavin The Veterinary Surgeon An Ill-used Horse- Dealer The Acceptance The Switch Glandered Horses A Horrible Death The Switch Copers The Police Chace The Agent in Advance A Cruel Fraud . 18 CHAP. III....

§B§Zum Gedenken an den 60. Jahrestag der Vernichtung Dresdens im Februar 2005§S§§In der Nacht vom 13. auf den 14. Februar 1945 geschah das Unfassbare: Alliierte Bomberverbände flogen einen mehrstündigen Angriff auf Dresden, »das Florenz an der Elbe« wurde in einem gewaltigen Feuersturm dem Erdboden gleichgemacht. Mindestens 35.000 Menschen fanden den Tod. Frederick Taylor unterzieht in seiner glänzend recherchierten Dokumentation die Ereignisse und Legenden einer neuen, kritischen Betrachtung.