Bibliograph

Mountain Man, John Colter, the Lewis & Clark Expedition, and the call of the American West, David Weston Marshall

Type

Label

Mountain Man, John Colter, the Lewis & Clark Expedition, and the call of the American West, David Weston Marshall

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Mountain Man

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1011100549

Responsibility statement

David Weston Marshall

Series statement

American grit

Sub title

John Colter, the Lewis & Clark Expedition, and the call of the American West

Summary

In 1804, John Colter set out with Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on the first U.S. expedition to traverse the North American continent. During the twenty-eight month ordeal, Colter served as a hunter and scout, and honed his survival skills on the western frontier. But when the journey was over, Colter stayed behind, spending four more years trekking alone through dangerous and unfamiliar territory. Along the way, he charted some of the West's most treasured landmarks. Historian David W. Marshall crafts this history from Colter's primary sources, and has retraced Colter's steps. By seeing what Colter saw, hearing what he heard, and experiencing firsthand how he and his contemporaries survived in the wilderness (how they pitched a shelter, built a fire, followed a trail, and forded a stream), Marshall immerses you in Colter's frontier world

Table Of Contents

Discovery -- Traveling light -- Going native -- A winter trek and a race for life -- A beautiful, hostile land -- Home to the Shady Bluff

Target audience

adult

Classification