Half Horse Half Alligator Published in 1956 The University of Chicago Press https://archive.org/stream/halfharsehalfall006752mbp/halfharsehalfall006752mbp_djvu.txt Preface “These narratives unfold a fascinating story, the like of which no other body of documents can reveal. They show how an American, whose life was lived on three picturesque frontiers between about 1770 and 1823, became a legend; how the legend…