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Jim Bridger: Mountain Man

by Stanley Vestal

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Even among the mighty mountain men, Jim Bridger was a towering figure. He was one of the greatest explorers and pathfinders in American history. He couldn't write his name, but at eighteen he had braved the fury of the Missouri, ascending it in a keelboat flotilla commanded by that stalwart Mike Fink. By 1824, when he was only twenty, he had discovered the Great Salt Lake. Later he was to open the Overland Route, which was the path of the Overland Stage, the Pony Express, and the Union Pacific. One of the foremost trappers in the Rocky Mountain Fur Company, he was a legend in his own time as well as ours. He remains one of the most important scouts and guides in the history of the West.

The Christian Science Monitor has called this biography "probably the fairest portrait of Jim Bridger in existence." The New York Times has praise for a "painstaking job of research among the usual Bridger sources and among some others which have been neglected. . . . [The author] has adequately set the scene for his hero's adventures and has honestly appraised the great guide's historical stature."Other Bison Books by Stanley Vestal: Dodge City: Queen of Cowtowns, Joe Meek: The Merry MOuntain Man; The Missouri, The Old Santa Fe Trail, and Warpath: The True Story of the Fighting Sioux Told in a Biography of Chief White Bull

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Even among the mighty mountain men, Jim Bridger was a towering figure. He remains one of the most important scouts and guides in the history of the West.

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Other Bison Books by Stanley Vestal includes: "Dodge City: Queen of Cowtowns"; "Joe Meek: The Merry Mountain Man"; "The Missouri"; "The Old Santa Fe Trail"; "Warpath: The True Story of the Fighting Sioux Told in a Biography of Chief White Bull".
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ISBN:
9780803257207
Author:
Vestal, Stanley
Publisher:
Bison Books
Author:
Vestal
Location:
New York
Subject:
General
Subject:
United states
Subject:
United States - Civil War
Subject:
United States - 19th Century/Old West
Subject:
Frontier and pioneer life
Subject:
Pioneers
Subject:
Scouts and scouting
Subject:
Bridger, james, 1804-1881
Subject:
Bridger, Jim
Subject:
Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography.
Subject:
Trappers.
Subject:
United States - 19th Century
Subject:
Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)
Subject:
Pioneers -- West (U.S.)
Subject:
US History-1800 to Civil War
Copyright:
c194
Edition Description:
Trade Paper
Series Volume:
6
Publication Date:
19700331
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Illus., maps
Pages:
333
Dimensions:
8 x 5.25 in 0.85 lb
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"Synopsis" by , Even among the mighty mountain men, Jim Bridger was a towering figure. He remains one of the most important scouts and guides in the history of the West.
"Synopsis" by , Other Bison Books by Stanley Vestal includes: "Dodge City: Queen of Cowtowns"; "Joe Meek: The Merry Mountain Man"; "The Missouri"; "The Old Santa Fe Trail"; "Warpath: The True Story of the Fighting Sioux Told in a Biography of Chief White Bull".
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