Bowie knife [SEP] named after
it is impossible to clearly define the origin of the knife. To complicate matters, some American blades that meet the modern definition of the Bowie knife may pre-date Bowie.
The Bowie knife derives part of its name and reputation from James Bowie, a notorious knife fighter, who died at the Alamo. James Bowie left a very thin paper trail; in the absence of verifiable facts, his history was buried in unverifiable knife-fighting legend. Historians seriously entertain the possibility that Bowie only fought one personal knife fight
, a United States Navy attack transport in commission from 1944 to 1946
Other uses.
- Bowie knife, popularized by Jim Bowie
- Bowie State University, north of Bowie, Maryland
- Bowie Race Track, Bowie, Maryland
- Bowie High School (disambiguation), a list of high schools named Bowie
See also.
- Boøwy or Boowy, a Japanese rock band
- "Bowi", an album by Nick Lowe, named after David Bowie
- Joseph Bouie, Jr., American