Even among the mighty mountain men, Jim Bridger was a towering figure. He was one of the greatest explorers and pathfinders in American history. He couldn't write his name, but at eighteen he had braved the fury of the Missouri, ascending it in a keelboat flotilla commanded by that stalwart Mike Fink. By 1824, when he was only twenty, he had discovered the Great Salt Lake. Later he was to open the Overland Route, which was the path of the Overland Stage, the Pony Express, and the Union Pacific. One of the foremost trappers in the Rocky Mountain Fur Company, he was a legend in his own time as well as ours. He remains one of the most important scouts and guides in the history of the West. The Christian Science Monitor has called this biography "probably the fairest portrait of Jim Bridger in existence." The New York Times has praise for a "painstaking job of research among the usual Bridger sources and among some others which have been neglected. . . . The author] has adequately set the scene for his hero's adventures and has honestly appraised the great guide's historical stature."Other Bison Books by Stanley Vestal: Dodge City: Queen of Cowtowns, Joe Meek: The Merry MOuntain Man; The Missouri, The Old Santa Fe Trail, and Warpath: The True Story of the Fighting Sioux Told in a Biography of Chief White Bull
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
ISBN-10
0803257201
ISBN-13
9780803257207
eBay Product ID (ePID)
687306
Product Key Features
Book Title
Jim Bridger : Mountain Man
Author
Stanley Vestal
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Reprint
Topic
Outdoor Skills, United States / 19th Century, Adventurers & Explorers, General, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY)
Publication Year
1970
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Sports & Recreation, History
Number of Pages
333 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
5.3in
Item Weight
13.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
F592.B87
Edition Description
Reprint
Copyright Date
1946
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
73-108790
Dewey Decimal
978/.02/0924 B
Illustrated
Yes
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