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The Adventures of Jim Bowie
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The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Bowie, James(known as Jim) (1799 - 1836)
US frontiersman.
In 1828 he moved from Georgia to Texas and became a leader among the American settlers who opposed Mexican rule. He shared command of the garrison that resisted the attack on the Alamo, where he died.
Bowie knife
(in full bowie knife ) a long knife with a blade double-edged at the point, used as a weapon by American pioneers. It is named after the American folk hero James ('Jim'), Bowie (1796 - 1836), a colonel in the Texan forces during the war with Mexico, who is said to have used such a knife for hunting.
This show ran on ABC from September 1956 to August 1958.
Opening Theme Song
Jim Bowie, Jim Bowie, (boo-EE)
he was a bold adventurin' man.
Jim Bowie, Jim Bowie,
Battled for right with a powerful hand.
His blade was tempered and so was he,
indestructable steel was he.
Jim Bowie, Jim Bowie,
he was a fighter, a feerless and mighty adventurin' man.
Closing theme song
Adventurin' man. Adventurin' man.
Jim Bowie, Jim Bowie,
he roamed the wilderness unafraid
from Natchez to Rio Grande.
With all the might of his fleeting blade,
he fought for the rights of man.
Jim Bowie, Jim Bowie,
he was a bold adventurin' man.
Jim Bowie, Jim Bowie,
battled for right with a powerful hand.
His blade was tempered and so was he,
indestructable steel was he.
Jim Bowie, Jim Bowie,
he was a fighter, a feerless and mighty adventurin' man.
The Sandbar Duel of 1827 On September 19, 1827, a duel between Samuel Levi Wells, III, and Dr. Thomas H. Maddox, took place on a sandbar near Vidalia, Louisiana. Among the seconds and other witnesses were Major Norris Wright of Rapides Parish, and Jim Bowie, who were bitter enemies. After the principal duelists chose their pistols, stepped 8 paces, fired and missed. The seconds reloaded and Wells and Maddox fired again but both were still standing. The dispute ended and the two men shook hands and retired to the trees for some wine. After the duelists had completed their duel of honor, shots were fired from several of the bystanders. Two people were killed and Major Norris Wright attacked Jim Bowie with a sword cane. Jim Bowie pulled a knife and killed Norris Wright. After many written accounts in newspapers across the country, the legend was born about the "fighting man," and the famous weapon was later referred to as the "Bowie knife."
A festival is named in honor of Jim Bowie in September and is sponsored by the Vidalia Chamber of Commerce. The Sandbar Duel of 1827 is re-enacted with local participants during the festival.
"FOR REALISM, ITS THE ONE TO GET IN YOUR HAND"
"The first Bowie Knife was made by myselfthe length of the blade was 9 ", its width 1 ", single edged and blade not curved." These words were written by Rezin P. Bowie, brother of James Bowie, in 1838. Rezin had several Bowie knives made for presentation purposes; one of these knives, made by Daniel Searles of Baton Rouge, La., is on display in the Alamo Museum in San Antonio.
The legend of Jim Bowie has spawned any number of blade styles from rib sticking to tree chopping, but to many an expert the Searles Bowie is the most famous and the most correct. The DIXIE GUN WORKS BOWIE has most of the features of the Searles knife.
It has a blade 9 " long, 1 " wide, "single edged and blade not curved." The blade is made from " thick, high carbon steel hardened to 57-59 RC and has a hand rubbed satin finish. A silver plate inlaid in the back of the blade just ahead of the guard (exactly like the Searles knife) has "Dixie Gun Works" engraved in script where Daniel Searles put his name on the original. The handle is dense, black, genuine African ebony with an oval, silver escutcheon on each side: the perfect spot to add your initials for a custom touch. Guard and butt are silver plated brass.
Known for his famous "Bowie knife" and a sometimes reckless adventurer, Jim Bowie is now immortalized as one of the true folk heroes in early Texas.
Bowie was born in Kentucky in 1796. While still very young, he moved with his family, first to Missouri, then in 1802 to Louisiana, where he spent most of his youth. It was there that he first acquired a reputation for his bold and fearless disposition.
In 1827, Bowie participated in a bloody brawl near Natchez, Mississippi, where several men were killed and Bowie was wounded. Rezin Bowie , his brother, wrote he had the first Bowie Knife made at Avoyelles, Louisiana, for his brother James to defend himself, and that James used the Bowie knife in the sandbar duel.
After recovering from the wounds he received in the sanbar fight the following year, he moved to Texas.
Before the revolution in Texas, Bowie took part in many adventures. He spent considerable time cultivating friendships with Indians in his search for elusive silver and gold reported to be hidden in the interior of Texas. By some accounts, he is said to have found the fabled San Saba mines, also known as the Bowie mines, near the geographic center of present day Texas.
In the Texas Revolution, Bowie was a leading participant at the Battle of Concepcion and in the Grass Fight near San Antonio. He was in command of a volunteer force in San Antonio when William Travis arrived with regular army troops. The two men shared authority during much of the Siege of the Alamo, which caused some personal friction. But pneumonia disabled Bowie, and he was confined to his cot at the time of his death when the Alamo fell on March 6, 1836.
Davy Crockett Col. William B. Travis Commander of the Alamo
BOWIE
ISBN #0-312-86619-4
Forge
Jim Bowie, the descendant of Highland Scots, grew up riding alligators and working the fields on the Texas frontier. Taught three languages and a sense of honor, he went on to live a life filled with brawls and battles, loves and losses. This is his story, as told by those who, whether they loved or hated him, were united by a sense of awe toward this amazing frontiersman.
From Bowie's childhood exploits, which included hunting wild cattle with only a rope and knife, to his lustful adventures with Annie Christmas, a six-foot-tall frontier madam who loved him during his wild years as a young man, this enigmatic hero comes of age before our eyes. From the harrowing tale of why and how the Bowie knife came to be to the five-day battle Bowie and a few friends fought against several hundred mounted Apache, this story charts the making of a true American legend. Jim Bowie remained a fearless if elusive figure up until his final battle at the Alamo in 1836. Now light is finally cast on the man behind the myth, a man at once dauntless and humble.
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