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Daniel Dravot, that is _me_, and the less said about our professions the better, for we have been most things in our time -- soldier, sailor, compositor, photographer, proof-reader, street-preacher, and correspondents of the 'Backwoodsman' when we thought the paper wanted one.
Stories by English Authors: The Orient (Selected by Scribners) Mary [Contributor] Beaumont 1900
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Daniel Dravot, that is me, and the less said about our professions the better, for we have been most things in our time -- soldier, sailor, compositor, photographer, proof-reader, street-preacher, and correspondents of the 'Backwoodsman' when we thought the paper wanted one.
The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Ghost Stories Rudyard Kipling 1900
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"Backwoodsman," and speech of Tracy in House of Representatives,
The Character and Influence of the Indian Trade in Wisconsin Frederick Jackson Turner 1896
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Every number of the _Critic_ contains some quip or satire at the expense of James Kirke Paulding, and his "Backwoodsman" is particularly levelled at.
The Philadelphia Magazines and their Contributors 1741-1850 Albert Henry Smyth 1885
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[* In the "Backwoodsman," this whiskey-receipt is mentioned as an abominable compound: perhaps the witty author had tasted the pickles in an improper state of progression.
The Backwoods of Canada Being Letters From The Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America Catharine Parr Strickland Traill 1850
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I published this idea in my article "Breakfast in a Bag" in the March/April 2008 issue of Backwoodsman Magazine.
Ziploc Omelet 2009
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I published this idea in my article "Breakfast in a Bag" in the March/April 2008 issue of Backwoodsman Magazine.
Ziploc Omelet 2009
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Pale-faced, finely featured boys of sixteen, their delicate hands showing no signs of toil, hurried by a misguided enthusiasm from fond friends and luxurious family firesides, contrasted strangely with the long black hair, lank looks of the Louisiana Tiger, or the rough, bloated, and bearded face of the Backwoodsman of Texas.
Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac William H. Armstrong
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"NOTES AND QUERIES" point out to a literary Backwoodsman, like myself, any royal road towards assigning to the proper authors the handwriting of anonymous annotations in fly-leaves and margins?
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Backwoodsman as he was, Joe Lorey knew that perfectly.
In Old Kentucky Edward Marshall 1901
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