The Mountain Men: The Dramatic History And Lore Of The First Frontiersmen

To know how the West was really won, start with the exploits of these unsung mountain men who, like the legendary Jeremiah Johnson, were real buckskin survivalists. Preceded only by Lewis and Clark, beaver fur trappers roamed the river valleys and mountain ranges of the West, living on fish and game, fighting or trading with the Native Americans, and forever heading toward the untamed wilderness.

In this story of rough, heroic men and their worlds, Laycock weaves historical facts and practical instruction with profiles of individual trappers, including harrowing escapes, feats of supreme courage and endurance, and sometimes violent encounters with grizzly bears and Native Americans.

• Tales of the Mountain Men: Seventeen Stories of Survival, Exploration, and Frontier Spirit
• Journal Of A Trapper: Nine Years in the Rocky Mountains 1834-1843
• Jim Bridger: Mountain Man
• Crow Killer, New Edition: The Saga of Liver-Eating Johnson
• My Sixty Years on the Plains: Trapping, Trading, and Indian Fighting
• The Adventures of the Mountain Men: True Tales of Hunting, Trapping, Fighting, Adventure, and Survival
• Adventures of a Mountain Man: The Narrative of Zenas Leonard
• The Greatest Mountain Men Stories Ever Told
• Cowboys, Mountain Men, and Grizzly Bears: Fifty Of The Grittiest Moments In The History Of The Wild West
• Nine Years Among the Indians, 1870-1879: The Story of the Captivity and Life of a Texan Among the Indians