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Greatest Mountain Men Stories Ever Told by Lamar Underwood (2018, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherGlobe Pequot Press, T.H.E.

ISBN-101493032879

ISBN-139781493032877

eBay Product ID (ePID)248474767

Product Key Features

Book TitleGreatest Mountain Men Stories Ever Told

Number of Pages304 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2018

TopicUnited States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), United States / 19th Century, Adventurers & Explorers, General, North America

IllustratorYes

GenreBiography & Autobiography, History

AuthorLaMar Underwood

Book SeriesGreatest Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight14.6 Oz

Item Length8.9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2018-005679

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal978/.020922 B

SynopsisLong the dominant icon embodying the spirit of America's frontier past, the image of the cowboy no longer stands alone as the ultimate symbol of independence and self-reliance. The great canvas of the western landscape--in art, books, and film, including 2016's Leonardo DiCaprio hit movie The Revenant--is today shared by the figures called Mountain Men. They were the trappers of the Rocky Mountain fur trade in the years following Lewis and Clark's Expedition of 1804-1806. The Greatest Mountain Men Stories Ever Told presents in one book many of the most engaging and revealing portraits of mountain men ever written., Long the dominant icon embodying the spirit of America's frontier past, the image of the cowboy no longer stands alone as the ultimate symbol of independence and self-reliance. The great canvas of the western landscape-in art, books, film-is today shared by the figures called "Mountain Men." They were the trappers of the Rocky Mountain fur trade in the years following Lewis and Clark's Expedition of 1804-1806. With their bold journeys peaking, during the period of 1830-1840, they were the first white men to enter the vast wilderness reaches of the Rockies in search of beaver skins. They feasted on the abundant buffalo, elk and other game, while living the ultimate free-spirited wilderness life. Often they paid the ultimate price for their ventures under the arrows, tomahawks, and knives of those Native Americans whose lands they had entered. The Greatest Mountain Men Stories Ever Told, presents in one book many of the most engaging and revealing portraits of mountain men ever written. This collection is destined to be well appreciated by the huge and dedicated audience fascinated by mountain man lore and legend. These readers include many who today participate in reenactments of the mountain man "Rendezvous," with colorful costumes and competitions of traditional skills with authentic guns, knives, and tools., Long the dominant icon embodying the spirit of America's frontier past, the image of the cowboy no longer stands alone as the ultimate symbol of independence and self-reliance. The great canvas of the western landscape-in art, books, film-is today shared by the figures called "Mountain Men." They were the trappers of the Rocky Mountain fur trade ......

LC Classification NumberF592.G713 2018