Over 450 pages alive with characters, sketches of Jed Smith, Mountain Men, and the vast hostile land they move over. A reconstruction of a vital and commanding figure. 23 illustrations.

The Table of Contents includes the following:

• Chapter 1 Young Man of Enterprise
• Chapter 2 The Hunters and the Hunted
• Chapter 3 The Missouri Legion
• Chapter 4 South Pass
• Chapter 5 The Adventures of Hugh Glass - and Others
• Chapter 6 The Stakes of the Columbia
• Chapter 7 Action on the Fur Frontier
• Chapter 8 Rendezvous: 1825
• Chapter 9 Partner in the Fur Trade
• Chapter 10 The South West Expedition
• Chapter 11 Rendezvous: 1827
• Chapter 12 The California Quagmire
• Chapter 13 The Umpqua Massacre
• Chapter 14 "Good, Merchantable Beaver Fur"
• Chapter 15 The Things of Time
• Appendix A
• Appendix B
• Acknowledgments
• Notes
• Index

ISBN: 0-8032-5138-6