Jim Bridger, mountain man : a biography

Vestal, Stanley, 1887-1957, author.

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Even among the mighty mountain men, Jim Bridger was a towering figure, whose discovery of the Great Salt Lake led to Western expansion and settlement. He remains one of the most important scouts and guides in the history of the West.

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Bridger, Jim, 1804-1881

Frontier and pioneer life West (U.S.)

Pioneers West (U.S.) Biography

Scouts (Reconnaissance) West (U.S.) Biography

Trappers West (U.S.) Biography

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ISBN:

9780803257207
0803257201

Description:

x, 333 pages : frontispiece (portrait), illustrations, maps ; 22 cm

Notes:

Bibliography (pages 305-309)

Contents:

Trapper: Enterprising young man
Set poles for the mountains
Hivernan
Missouri legion
Hugh Glass and the grizzly
Booshway: Blanket chief
Battle of Pierre's Hole
Shot in the back
Devil take the hindmost
Arrow butchered out
Old Gabe to the rescue
Injun scrapes
Last rendezvous
Trader: Fort Bridger
Milk River
Overland trail
Treaty at Laramie
Saints raid Fort Bridger
Guide: Sir George Gore
March south
Tall tales
Chief of scouts: Powder River expedition
Red Cloud's defiance
Cheyennes' warning
Bloody junket
Fort Phil Kearney
Ambush
Massacre
End of the trail

LCCN:

46007051

Control Number:

3167012

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