Fifty Years On the Trail: The True Story of John Y. Nelson, Frontiersman, Scout, and Guide

by John Nelson and Harrington O'Reilly

This is the true story of John Young Nelson, an early American frontiersman, military scout, interpreter, guide, police chief, and saloon owner. Born in Virginia in 1826, Nelson ran away from home as a young teenager to escape a domineering father and to seek adventure in the west. He took odd jobs along the way working on farms, serving as a cabin boy on a Mississippi steamer, and becoming an apprentice with a group of traders traveling west from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 193670921X
• ISBN13: 9781936709212
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Piccadilly Books
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"