Jim Bridger: Trailblazer of the American West

by Jerry Enzler

Book Overview

Even among iconic frontiersmen like John C. Fr mont, Kit Carson, and Jedediah Smith, Jim Bridger stands out. A mountain man of the American West, straddling the fur trade era and the age of exploration, he lived the life legends are made of. His adventures are fit for remaking into the tall tales Bridger himself liked to tell. Here, in a biography that finally gives this outsize character his due, Jerry Enzler takes this frontiersman's full measure...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080619197X
• ISBN13: 9780806191973
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.7"