The adventures of the mountain men true tales of hunting, trapping, fighting, adventure, and survival edited and introduced by Stephen Brennan. - New York, NY Skyhorse Publishing 2017 - x, 306 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references.

The trappers / Journal of a voyage to the Rocky Mountains / Ten days in the mountains with the Lewis and Clark expedition, journals -- Coulter's run / Bonneville in the mountains / Stories of Jed Smith and the Ashley-Henry men / Joe Meek: the merry mountain man / Adventures of Zenas Leonard / Game and inhabitants of the northern mountains / Trouble in the family of James P. Beckworth / A mountain hunt / James "Jim" Bridger / Following the sheep / W.F. Wagner -- Francois Antoine Larocque -- John Bradbury -- Washington Irving -- John G. Neihardt -- Stanley Vestal -- Zenas Leonard -- Osborne Russell -- James P. Beckworth -- Francis Parkman, Jr. -- Grenville M. Dodge -- William Frederic Bade.

A collection of anecdotes about hunting, trapping, and exploring in the Rocky Mountains in the first half of the nineteenth century.

9781510719040 1510719040


To 1848


Mountain life--West (U.S.)
Fur traders--West (U.S.)--Biography.
Trappers--West (U.S.)--Biography.
Hunters--West (U.S.)--Biography.
Explorers--West (U.S.)--Biography.
Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)


West (U.S.)--History--To 1848.
West United States.



F592 / .A55 2017

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