Mountain Man : John Colter, the Lewis & Clark Expedition, and the call of the American West / David Weston Marshall.
In 1804, John Colter set out with Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on the first U.S. expedition to traverse the North American continent. During the twenty-eight month ordeal, Colter served as a hunter and scout, and honed his survival skills on the western frontier. But when the journey was over,...
Uniform Title: | American grit.
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Language: | English |
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New York :
The Countryman Press, a division of W.W. Norton & Company,
2017.
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Series: | American grit.
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Physical Description: | xii, 238 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Discovery
- Traveling light
- Going native
- A winter trek and a race for life
- A beautiful, hostile land
- Home to the Shady Bluff.