W. F. Drannan

Thirty-one Years on the Plains and in the Mountains; Or, the Last Voice from the Plains (Dodo Press) W. F. Drannan

Captain William F. Drannan (1832-1913) was born on the Ocean during his parent's voyage from France to America. They settled in Tennessee. At the age of 4 he was orphaned by a cholera epidemic. He was then raised by a man named Drake. At age 15 he set out on his own and into an adventurous life. In 1847 he was taken under the wing of Kit Carson and became an Indian scout among many other things. He was accused of mixing fact and fiction in his books. He wrote two books about his life: Thirty-One Years on the Plains and in the Mountains; or, The Last Voice From the Plains (1903) and Chief of Scouts (1910).