George F. Ruxton (1821–1848)
Author of Life in the Far West
About the Author
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Works by George F. Ruxton
Wild Life in the Rocky Mountains 2 copies
Associated Works
The Best of the West: An Anthology of Classic Writing from the American West (1991) — Contributor — 285 copies, 1 review
Major Problems in the History of the American West: Documents and Essays (1989) — Contributor — 67 copies
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- Canonical name
- Ruxton, George F.
- Legal name
- Ruxton, George Frederick Augustus
- Birthdate
- 1821-07-24
- Date of death
- 1848-08-29
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, UK
- Occupations
- Lieutenant in the British Army
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author - Short biography
- George Ruxton was born in Tonbridge, Kent, on 24th July, 1821. He was sent to military academy but was expelled. Ruxton was eventually accepted into the British Army and served in Ireland and Canada.
Ruxton left the army to become a hunter in Canada. He also spent time in Africa and Mexico before moving to the United States where he worked as a mountain men in the Rocky Mountains.
Ruxton wrote articles called Life in the Far West for Blackwood's Magazine. After moving to St. Louis he published Adventures in Mexico and the Rocky Mountains (1847).
George Ruxton died of dysentery on 29th August, 1848. - Nationality
- England
UK - Birthplace
- by Oxfordshire, England
- Place of death
- St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- Burial location
- Christ Church, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- Missouri, USA
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Reviews
I found the writing style difficult.The constant quotation marks around words were distracting. The quality of the printing on the copy I had was not very good. Some pages were blurry.
Ruxton's book alternates between fascinating tales of life in the West to dry history lesson. Some of the material seems questionable as to whether it is truly non-fiction. An enjoyable book if you're into stories about cowboys and Indians.
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- Works
- 9
- Also by
- 2
- Members
- 182
- Popularity
- #118,784
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 2
- ISBNs
- 30