Theron Clark Crawford

Identity:

He was a friend of the Leyland family. He owned The Gold Scab y208 briefly. He was a Washington political journalist and writer, and lived for some time in Paris and London.

Life:

His books included English life, New York : Frank F. Lovell & co., ca 1889, and La vie anglaise vue par des yeux Yankees, Paris, C. Marpon & E. Flammarion, [1889] and James G. Blaine : a study of his life and career from the standpoint of a personal witness of the principal events of his history, Cincinnati : E.R. Curtis, 1893.

He reported on Buffalo Bill's Wild West tour during 1887.

Bibliography:

Crawford, T.C., 'THE LATEST LONDON GOSSIP AMERICAN-ENGLISH STYLES OF RIDING. The Cowboys as Pioneers of a Better System. Ignorance of London Policemen—Proportions of the Fame of Buffalo Bill', Dallas Morning News, 4 June 1887, online in The William F. Cody Archive: Documenting the life and times of Buffalo Bill.

Merrill, Linda, The Peacock Room. A Cultural Biography, New Haven and London, 1998 ; Crawford, Theron Clark | The Online Books Page.