A life wild and perilous, mountain men and the paths to the Pacific, Robert M. Utley
Type
Label
A life wild and perilous, mountain men and the paths to the Pacific, Robert M. Utley
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-313) and index
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
Illustrations
illustrationsmapsplates
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
A life wild and perilous
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
36186243
Responsibility statement
Robert M. Utley
Sub title
mountain men and the paths to the Pacific
Summary
Includes material on John Colter and George Drouillard, Edward Robinson, John Hoback and Jacob Reznor, Jedediah Smith, Etienne Provost, Ewing Young, Joe Walker, Bill Sublette, Warren Ferris, Tom Fitzpatrick, Kit Carson, Joe Meek and Doc Newell, and Jim Bridger
Table Of Contents
Colter and Drouillard: continental crossing -- Colter and Drouillard: mountain man prototypes -- Robinson, Hobback, and Reznor: doomed trio -- Jedediah Smith: atypical mountain man -- Jedediah Smith: South Pass and the Siskadee -- Etienne Provost: l'homme des montagnes -- Jedediah Smith: California, Oregon, and the Cimarron -- Ewing Young: Gila trails to California -- Joe Walker: the Great Basin and the Sierras -- Bill Sublette: struggle of the fur giants -- Warren Ferris: trapper as cartographer -- Tom Fitzpatrick: missionaries to Oregon -- Jim Bridger: end of an era -- Kit Carson: mapping the way west -- Joe Meek and Doc Newell: trappers as colonists -- Kit Carson: the continent spanned -- Jim Bridger: filling in the map
Target audience
adult