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Mountain Man : John Colter, the Lewis & Clark Expedition, and the call of the American West
- Title
- Mountain Man : John Colter, the Lewis & Clark Expedition, and the call of the American West / David Weston Marshall.
- Author
- Marshall, David Weston
- Publication
- New York : The Countryman Press, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2017.
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Details
- Description
- xvi, 238 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
- Summary
- 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, Colter stayed behind, spending four more years trekking alone through dangerous and unfamiliar territory. Along the way, he charted some of the West's most treasured landmarks. Historian David W. Marshall crafts this history from Colter's primary sources, and has retraced Colter's steps. By seeing what Colter saw, hearing what he heard, and experiencing firsthand how he and his contemporaries survived in the wilderness (how they pitched a shelter, built a fire, followed a trail, and forded a stream), Marshall immerses you in Colter's frontier world.
- Series Statement
- American grit
- Uniform Title
- American grit.
- Subjects
- Trappers
- Explorers
- Trappers > West (U.S.) > Biography
- Colter, John, approximately 1775-1813
- HISTORY / United States / 19th Century
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
- Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806)
- United States, West
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers
- Biographies
- Explorers > West (U.S.) > Biography
- Biography
- West (U.S.) > Discovery and exploration
- HISTORY / Native American
- Discoveries in geography
- Lewis and Clark Expedition
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Biography.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Discovery -- Traveling light -- Going native -- A winter trek and a race for life -- A beautiful, hostile land -- Home to the Shady Bluff.
- Call Number
- JFD 18-250
- ISBN
- 9781682680483
- 1682680487
- LCCN
- 2017007234
- OCLC
- 959869557
- Author
- Marshall, David Weston, author.
- Title
- Mountain Man : John Colter, the Lewis & Clark Expedition, and the call of the American West / David Weston Marshall.
- Publisher
- New York : The Countryman Press, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2017.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- American gritAmerican grit.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 18-250