The Mountain Men and the Fur Trade of the Far West, Volume 8: Biographical Sketches of the Participants by Scholars of the Subjects and with Introduct

by Leroy R. Hafen

Mountain Men were the principal figures of the fur trade era, one of the most interesting, dramatic, and truly significant phases of the history of the American trans-Mississippi West during the first half of the 19th Century. These men were of all types--some were fugitives from law and civilization, others were the best in rugged manhood; some were heroic, some brutal, most were adventurous, and many were picturesque.

The typical trapper...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870620959
• ISBN13: 9780870620959
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Arthur H. Clark Company
• Length: 404 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.3"