![]() ![]() The personal journals and narratives written by the mountain men are good, such as Osborne Russell's Journal of a Trapper, Lewis Garrard's Wah-To-Yah and the Taos Trail,Īnd the fictionalized Life in the Far West by George Frederick Ruxton.įor detailed histories try A Life Wild and Perilous by Robert M. For a readable and short introduction try Give Your Heart to the Hawks by Winfred Blevins. Where to begin? Many books, many choices. Their life was highlyįree and adventuresome, and often dangerous and short, lived in a shining wilderness. to see the Rocky Mountains and the lands from the plains to the Pacific. Mountain men were the first from the U.S. ![]() Long before wagon trains, settlers, gold rushes, cavalry, Indian wars, cowboys, wild west towns, or railroads, Years traveling and living in the wilderness. was the domain of the mountain men, fur trappers who spent I include a few less distinguished books, too, when they are the only thing about a topic.įor some fifteen years - roughly speaking, 1823 to 1838, the western U.S. Readers, students, enthusiasts, reenactors, and historians. Anyone can find a book here to suit them: casual This is a guide to the best books about the mountain men of theĪmerican west which I know about. ![]() Reader's Guide to The Mountain Men of the American WestĪntoine Clement, by Alfred Jacob Miller, 1837. Mountain Men of the Early American West - A Guide to Books and Resources ![]()
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