Mountain Men

By Robert H. Miller

Book Overview

The exciting adventures of Black cowboys, pioneers, soldiers, and other frontiersmen join the celebrated folklore of the wild West in the Reflections of a Black Cowboy series. Through colorful, masterfully crafted vignettes that rival tall tales of the old frontier, author Robert H. Miller shares stories of important real life heroes - men and women whose bravery and adventurous spirits helped make the American West possible. Mountain Men spotlights Essteban, who came to America from Morocco as a slave aand was the first African to land in New Mexico and Arizona territory; Jean Baptiste Point duSable, founder of the city of Chicago; James Beckwourth, who discovered a shorter path (which bares his name) over the mountains to California; George McJunkin, whose discover of the Folsom Site in New Mexico proved Native Americans presence in North America dated back 10,000 years.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1933491035
• ISBN13: 9781933491035
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Just Us Books
• Length: 67 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 8.9"