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The Mountain Men

2023-09-21 History
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Release : 2023-09-21
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The Mountain Men by : George Laycock

Download or read book The Mountain Men written by George Laycock. This book was released on 2023-09-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To know how the West was really won, start with the exploits of these unsung mountain men who, like the legendary Jeremiah Johnson, were real buckskin survivalists. Preceded only by Lewis and Clark, beaver fur trappers roamed the river valleys and mountain ranges of the West, living on fish and game, fighting or trading with the Native Americans, and forever heading toward the untamed wilderness. In this story of rough, heroic men and their worlds, Laycock weaves historical facts and practical instruction with profiles of individual trappers, including harrowing escapes, feats of supreme courage and endurance, and sometimes violent encounters with grizzly bears and Native Americans.

The Greatest Mountain Men Stories Ever Told

2018-05-15 History
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Release : 2018-05-15
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The Greatest Mountain Men Stories Ever Told by : Lamar Underwood

Download or read book The Greatest Mountain Men Stories Ever Told written by Lamar Underwood. This book was released on 2018-05-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long the dominant icon embodying the spirit of America's frontier past, the image of the cowboy no longer stands alone as the ultimate symbol of independence and self-reliance. The great canvas of the western landscape-in art, books, film-is today shared by the figures called "Mountain Men." They were the trappers of the Rocky Mountain fur trade in the years following Lewis and Clark's Expedition of 1804-1806. With their bold journeys peaking, during the period of 1830-1840, they were the first white men to enter the vast wilderness reaches of the Rockies in search of beaver "plews," as the skins were called. They feasted on the abundant buffalo, elk and other game, while living the ultimate free-spirited wilderness life. Often they paid the ultimate price for their ventures under the arrows, tomahawks, and knives of those native Americans whose lands they had entered. Tales of the Mountain Men, presents in one book many of the most engaging and revealing portraits of mountain men ever written. Ranging from nonfiction classics like Bernard DeVoto's Across the Wide Missouri through fiction from such acclaimed novels as A. B. Guthrie Jr.'s The Big Sky, this collection is destined to be well appreciated by the huge and dedicated audience fascinated by mountain man lore and legend. These readers include many who today participate in reenactments of the mountain man "Rendezvous," with colorful costumes and competitions of traditional skills with authentic guns, knives, and tools. No book exists today with such a diverse and engaging collection of mountain man literature. For an already-large and still-growing audience, Tales of the Mountain Men will be a valued extension of their interest in the mountain man as a compelling and uniquely American figure.

The Mountain Men

1988 History
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Release : 1988
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 349/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Mountain Men by : George Laycock

Download or read book The Mountain Men written by George Laycock. This book was released on 1988. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the fur trappers of the 1820s and 1830s who, in their search for beaver, became the first explorers of the Rocky Mountains and beyond.

Trek of the Mountain Man

2002 Fiction
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Release : 2002
Genre : Fiction
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Book Synopsis Trek of the Mountain Man by : William W. Johnstone

Download or read book Trek of the Mountain Man written by William W. Johnstone. This book was released on 2002. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a greedy bounty hunter, believing that he can use an old warrant and still get a $10,000 reward for killing Smoke Jensen, kidnaps Smoke's woman, Smoke, hell-bent on revenge, sets out to rescue her in a blaze of glory that will only leave one man standing--Smoke Jensen. Original.

A Life Wild and Perilous

2015-09-15 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2015-09-15
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 838/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis A Life Wild and Perilous by : Robert M. Utley

Download or read book A Life Wild and Perilous written by Robert M. Utley. This book was released on 2015-09-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early in the nineteenth century, the mountain men emerged as a small but distinctive group whose knowledge and experience of the trans-Mississippi West extended the national consciousness to continental dimensions. Though Lewis and Clark blazed a narrow corridor of geographical reality, the West remained largely terra incognita until trappers and traders--Jim Bridger, Kit Carson, Tom Fitzpatrick, Jedediah Smith--opened paths through the snow-choked mountain wilderness. They opened the way west to Fremont and played a major role in the pivotal years of 1845-1848 when Texas was annexed, the Oregon question was decided, and the Mexican War ended with the Southwest and California in American hands, the Pacific Ocean becoming our western boundary.

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