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020 _a9781510760370
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035 _a(OCoLC)1139767282
040 _erda
043 _an-usp--
092 _ageneral nonfiction
_b978.02 Harris, Bill,
100 1 _aHarris, Bill,
_d1933-2018,
_eauthor.
_96552068
245 1 4 _aThe lives of mountain men :
_ba fully illustrated guide to the history, skills, and lifestyle of the American backwoodsmen and frontiersmen /
_cBill Harris.
250 _aFirst Skyhorse Publishing edition.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bSkyhorse Publishing,
_c2021.
264 4 _c©2005.
300 _a144 pages :
_billustrations (some color), maps (some color) ;
_c31 cm.
336 _atext
337 _aunmediated
338 _avolume
500 _aIncludes index.
505 0 _aMen to match the mountains -- Big doin's -- Furs, fashions, and fabulous fortunes -- The entrepreneurs -- Colter's hell -- Old Gabe -- The stuff of legends -- Out of the mountains -- The language of the rendezvous.
520 _a"Discover the history of one of the most exciting eras in the history of the United States and some of its most fascinating characters . . . the mountain men! They were the first white men to penetrate the continent, and they soon lost their identity, becoming something completely new and different. The popular legends of the mountain men were generated from a surprisingly short period in American history. From the first forays up the Missouri River in the early 1800s to the final Rendezvous at Horse Creek in 1840, fewer than forty years had passed. The legends were based on tales of incredible survival against the odds. Harsh winter conditions, dangerous terrain, and the constant threat of Indian encounters all challenged the mountain men. Some stories, like that of John Colter, who is thought to be the fist white man to have explored what is now Yellowstone National Park, were derided as being far-fetched. In order to survive, the mountain man had to be a superb marksman, a skilled horseman, and a trapper, and one who knew about nature and the seasons. As they sought ever more distant trapping grounds, the mountain men carved out a path that made the crossing of the American continent a reality rather than a dream. The demand for beaver fur has long since died out, but the tracks of the mountain men are still there to be seen. Through this detailed and comprehensively illustrated book, The Lives of Mountain Men brings us their stories!"
650 0 _aFrontier and pioneer life
_zWest (U.S.)
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650 0 _aMountain life
_zWest (U.S.)
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650 0 _aTrappers
_zWest (U.S.)
_vBiography.
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650 0 _aFur traders
_zWest (U.S.)
_vBiography.
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650 0 _aExplorers
_zWest (U.S.)
_vBiography.
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650 0 _aPioneers
_zWest (U.S.)
_vBiography.
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651 0 _aWest (U.S.)
_xHistory
_yTo 1848.
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651 0 _aWest (U.S.)
_xHistory
_y1848-1860.
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