Mountain Men and Fur Traders of the Far West: Eighteen

Mountain Men and Fur Traders of the Far West: Eighteen Biographical Sketches

The legendary mountain menâ€”the fur traders and trappers who penetrated the Rocky Mountains and explored the Far West in the first half on the nineteenth centuryâ€”formed the vanguard of the American empire and became the heroes of American adventure. This volume brings to the general reader brief biographies of eighteen representative mountain men, selected from among the essay assembled by LeRoy R. Hafen in The Mountain Men and the Fur Trade of the Far West (ten volumes, 1965-72).
The subjects and authors are: Manuel Lisa (Richard E. Oglesby); Pierre Chouteau Jr. (Janet Lecompte); Wilson Price Hunt (William Brandon); William H. Ashley (Harvey L. Carter); Jedediah Smith (Harvey L. Carter); John McLoughlin (Kenneth L. Holmes); Peter Skene Ogden (Ted J. Warner); Ceran St. Vrain (Harold H. Dunham); Kit Carson (Harvey L. Carter); Old Bill Williams (Frederic E. Voelker); William Sublette (John E. Sunder);Thomas Fitzpatrick (LeRoy R. and Ann W. Hafen); James Bridger (Cornelius M. Ismert); Benjamin L. E. Bonneville (Edgeley W. Todd); Joseph R. Walker (Ardis M. Walker); Nathaniel Wyeth (William R. Sampson); Andrew Drips (Harvey L. Carter); and Joseph L. Meek (Harvey E. Tobie).
Country USA
Brand Bison Books
Manufacturer Bison Books
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780803272101
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Mountain Men and Fur Traders of the Far West: Eighteen Biographical Sketches