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Book Synopsis Explorers, Missionaries, and Trappers by : Kieran Doherty
Download or read book Explorers, Missionaries, and Trappers written by Kieran Doherty and published by The Oliver Press, Inc.. This book was released on 2000 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the founding of the American West through the lives of explorers and settlers such as Eusebio Kino in Arizona, Junipero Serra in Spanish California, and Brigham Young in Utah.
Download or read book Jim Bridger written by Jerry Enzler and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2021-04-29 with total page 511 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even among iconic frontiersmen like John C. Frémont, Kit Carson, and Jedediah Smith, Jim Bridger stands out. A mountain man of the American West, straddling the fur trade era and the age of exploration, he lived the life legends are made of. His adventures are fit for remaking into the tall tales Bridger himself liked to tell. Here, in a biography that finally gives this outsize character his due, Jerry Enzler takes this frontiersman’s full measure for the first time—and tells a story that would do Jim Bridger proud. Born in 1804 and orphaned at thirteen, Bridger made his first western foray in 1822, traveling up the Missouri River with Mike Fink and a hundred enterprising young men to trap beaver. At twenty he “discovered” the Great Salt Lake. At twenty-one he was the first to paddle the Bighorn River’s Bad Pass. At twenty-two he explored the wonders of Yellowstone. In the following years, he led trapping brigades into Blackfeet territory; guided expeditions of Smithsonian scientists, topographical engineers, and army leaders; and, though he could neither read nor write, mapped the tribal boundaries for the Great Indian Treaty of 1851. Enzler charts Bridger’s path from the fort he built on the Oregon Trail to the route he blazed for Montana gold miners to avert war with Red Cloud and his Lakota coalition. Along the way he married into the Flathead, Ute, and Shoshone tribes and produced seven children. Tapping sources uncovered in the six decades since the last documented Bridger biography, Enzler’s book fully conveys the drama and details of the larger-than-life history of the “King of the Mountain Men.” This is the definitive story of an extraordinary life.
Book Synopsis Explorers, Guides and Trappers by : Bentley
Download or read book Explorers, Guides and Trappers written by Bentley and published by . This book was released on 1995-03-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Explorers, Trappers, and Guides by : Judith Bentley
Download or read book Explorers, Trappers, and Guides written by Judith Bentley and published by Twenty First Century Books. This book was released on 1995 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First-hand accounts reflect the observations, adventures, journeys, and accomplishments of the first men to explore and chart America's Far West
Book Synopsis Exploring Our Country's History by : Phyllis J. Perry
Download or read book Exploring Our Country's History written by Phyllis J. Perry and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1998-08-15 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simulate integrated units of study on U.S. history with this guide. Perry provides recommended fiction and nonfiction books that help you illuminate different eras in U.S. history along with discussion starters, multidisciplinary activity suggestions, and topics for further investigation. Projects for individuals and groups help students develop skills in research, oral and written language, science, math, geography, and the arts. Additional resources are listed with each section. Grades K-5.
Book Synopsis Jim Bridger - Mountain Man by : Stanley Vestal
Download or read book Jim Bridger - Mountain Man written by Stanley Vestal and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This antiquarian volume contains a detailed and insightful biography of Jim Bridger, written by Stanley Vestal. Vestal is well-known for his books about America. In Jim Bridger he paints a bold and authentic picture of a doughty explorer and of the richness of the American nation when it was still young. Full of colourful anecdote and fascinating insights into the life of Jim Bridger, this text will appeal to those with an interest in this noteworthy explorer, and it would make for a wonderful addition to any personal collection. The chapters of this book include: 'Enterprising Young Man', 'Set Poles for the Mountains', 'Tall Tales', 'The Cheyennes' Bloody Junket', 'Fort Phil Kearney', 'Red Cloud's Defiance', 'The Cheyennes' Warning', 'Shot in the Back', 'Arrow Butchered Out', 'Old Cabe to the Rescue', etcetera. We are republishing this volume now complete with a specially commissioned biography of the author.
Download or read book Trapping 101 written by Philip Massaro and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-03-24 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tips, tactics, and techniques for all skill levels. The ancient art of trapping goes back centuries, almost to the beginning of civilization. Native Americans used the pit trap, deadfalls, and snares, the Chinese documented the use of nets and pits in the fourth century BCE, and virtually every civilization can exhibit some example of the use of a trap in one form or another to procure meat, hides, or fur. The fur trade across Europe was dominated by the Russians, which provided furs to the greater part of Western Europe and Asia during the Middle Ages, which prompted the exploration of Siberia and its game rich forests. In North America, trapping was one of the primary reasons why settlers pushed West, taking advantage of the bountiful game across the continent. Fur was used not only for coats, hats, and mittens, it was used as a form of barter. The taking of a fur-bearing animal was and is a big accomplishment, as fooling a crafty animal on its home territory is no easy feat. In Trapping 101, veteran trapper Phil Massaro reveals all the secrets of the trade, from knowing where to set traps, to understanding and using various types of traps, to properly using scents. Tips and tactics for taking beavers, muskrats, weasels, raccoons, skunks, otters, and more are all covered. While there is a wealth of information in here for beginners, information that will help them pick up trapping with relative ease, there are many subtle tips and tricks that even a veteran trapper will appreciate. Times have, of course, changed since the days of the voyageurs and rendezvouses. There are many more people in this modern world, many more dwellings, many more towns and cities. But there is a place for trapping in all this, just as there are places for hunting and fishing. A knowledgeable trapper, following game rules and respecting the animals he is trying to trap, fits right into the grand scheme of Mother Nature existing in harmony with humankind. This book will help you achieve that.
Book Synopsis The Extraordinary Adirondack Journey of Clarence Petty by : Christopher Angus
Download or read book The Extraordinary Adirondack Journey of Clarence Petty written by Christopher Angus and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2007-06-21 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The biography of an Adirondack legend whose tireless efforts are credited with much of today's preservation policies in the Adirondacks.
Book Synopsis Journal of a Trapper by : Osborne Russell
Download or read book Journal of a Trapper written by Osborne Russell and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Trapper's Bible by : Eustace Hazard Livingston
Download or read book The Trapper's Bible written by Eustace Hazard Livingston and published by Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most comprehensive guide on trapping and hunting ever compiled!
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Book Synopsis Trappers and Mountain Men by : Evan Jones
Download or read book Trappers and Mountain Men written by Evan Jones and published by New York : American Heritage Publishing Company ; Institutional distribution by Harper & Brothers. This book was released on 1961 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the history of the North American fur trade: heroes, way of life. struggles.
Book Synopsis My Sixty Years on the Plains by : William Thomas Hamilton
Download or read book My Sixty Years on the Plains written by William Thomas Hamilton and published by Applewood Books. This book was released on 2010-10 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Explorer's Guide 50 Hikes in Utah by : Christine Balaz
Download or read book Explorer's Guide 50 Hikes in Utah written by Christine Balaz and published by The Countryman Press. This book was released on 2013-06-03 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lace up your boots, grab this guide, and explore the great outdoors! For first-time visitors and longtime residents alike, here is Utah's ultimate day-hike companion. Experience the fullness of Utah's magnificent outdoors, on hikes designed to be completed within a few hours. Complete with photographs, descriptions of local flora, fauna, geology, and history, this book is your indispensable guide to it all. Christine Balaz lives in Salt Lake City, where she is an avid rock climber, skier, and cyclist. She is also the author of Explorer's Guide Salt Lakey City, Park City, Provo & Utah's High Country Resorts and Backroads & Byways of Utah (both Countryman).
Book Synopsis Explorer's Guide Utah by : Christine Balaz
Download or read book Explorer's Guide Utah written by Christine Balaz and published by The Countryman Press. This book was released on 2009-06 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Utah: An Explorer’s Guide introduces the reader to the best of the state’s accommodations, restaurants, and attractions. Emphasizing the appeal of Utah’s natural beauty and adventure, this guidebook includes some of the nation’s best skiing, mountain biking, and hiking, as well as galleries, entertainment, and traditional tourist attractions, including Mormon points of interest. Each item was selected for quality, location, variety, uniqueness, and regional and historical significance.
Download or read book Broken Hand written by LeRoy R. Hafen and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1981-01-01 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Known by the Indians as "Broken Hand," Thomas Fitzpatrick was a trapper and a trailblazer who became the head of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company. With Jedediah Smith he led the trapper band that discovered South Pass; he then shepherded the first two emigrant wagon trains to Oregon, was official guide to Fremont on his longest expedition, and guided Colonel Phil Kearny and his Dragoons along the westward trails to impress the Indians with howitzers and swords. Fitzpatrick negotiated the Fort Laramie treaty of 1851 at the largest council of Plains Indians ever assembled. Among the most colorful of mountain men, Fitzpatrick was also party to many of the most important events in the opening of the West.
Book Synopsis Fur, Fortune, and Empire: The Epic History of the Fur Trade in America by : Eric Jay Dolin
Download or read book Fur, Fortune, and Empire: The Epic History of the Fur Trade in America written by Eric Jay Dolin and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2011-07-05 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Seattle Times selection for one of Best Non-Fiction Books of 2010 Winner of the New England Historial Association's 2010 James P. Hanlan Award Winner of the Outdoor Writers Association of America 2011 Excellence in Craft Award, Book Division, First Place "A compelling and well-annotated tale of greed, slaughter and geopolitics." —Los Angeles Times As Henry Hudson sailed up the broad river that would one day bear his name, he grew concerned that his Dutch patrons would be disappointed in his failure to find the fabled route to the Orient. What became immediately apparent, however, from the Indians clad in deer skins and "good furs" was that Hudson had discovered something just as tantalizing. The news of Hudson's 1609 voyage to America ignited a fierce competition to lay claim to this uncharted continent, teeming with untapped natural resources. The result was the creation of an American fur trade, which fostered economic rivalries and fueled wars among the European powers, and later between the United States and Great Britain, as North America became a battleground for colonization and imperial aspirations. In Fur, Fortune, and Empire, best-selling author Eric Jay Dolin chronicles the rise and fall of the fur trade of old, when the rallying cry was "get the furs while they last." Beavers, sea otters, and buffalos were slaughtered, used for their precious pelts that were tailored into extravagant hats, coats, and sleigh blankets. To read Fur, Fortune, and Empire then is to understand how North America was explored, exploited, and settled, while its native Indians were alternately enriched and exploited by the trade. As Dolin demonstrates, fur, both an economic elixir and an agent of destruction, became inextricably linked to many key events in American history, including the French and Indian War, the American Revolution, and the War of 1812, as well as to the relentless pull of Manifest Destiny and the opening of the West. This work provides an international cast beyond the scope of any Hollywood epic, including Thomas Morton, the rabble-rouser who infuriated the Pilgrims by trading guns with the Indians; British explorer Captain James Cook, whose discovery in the Pacific Northwest helped launch America's China trade; Thomas Jefferson who dreamed of expanding the fur trade beyond the Mississippi; America's first multimillionaire John Jacob Astor, who built a fortune on a foundation of fur; and intrepid mountain men such as Kit Carson and Jedediah Smith, who sliced their way through an awe inspiring and unforgiving landscape, leaving behind a mythic legacy still resonates today. Concluding with the virtual extinction of the buffalo in the late 1800s, Fur, Fortune, and Empire is an epic history that brings to vivid life three hundred years of the American experience, conclusively demonstrating that the fur trade played a seminal role in creating the nation we are today.
Book Synopsis Fur Traders and Trappers of the Old West by : Merrill J. Mattes
Download or read book Fur Traders and Trappers of the Old West written by Merrill J. Mattes and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
