Jim Bridger, Mountain Man by Stanley Vestal

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Jim Bridger,
Mountain Man
by Stanley Vestal

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Even among the mighty mountain men, Jim Bridger was respected as a towering figure. Fur trapper and Indian fighter extraordinary, he was one of the greatest explorers and pathfinders in American history. Soft bound, 333 pages, 14 illustrations.

The Table of Contents includes the following:

Preface
Part 1: Trapper

Chapter 1 Enterprising Young Man
Chapter 2 Set Poles for the Mountains
Chapter 3 Hivernan
Chapter 4 The Missouri Legion
Chapter 5 Hugh Glass and the Grizzly

Part 2: Booshway

Chapter 6 Blanket Chief
Chapter 7 The Battle of Pierre's Hole
Chapter 8 Shot in the Back
Chapter 9 Devil Take the Hindmost
Chapter 10 Arrow Butchered Out
Chapter 11 Old Gabe to the Rescue
Chapter 12 Injun Scrapes
Chapter 13 The Last Rendezvous

Part 3: Trader

Chapter 14 Fort Bridger
Chapter 15 Milk River
Chapter 16 The Overland Trail
Chapter 17 The Treaty at Laramie
Chapter 18 The Saints Raid Fort Bridger

Part 4: Guide

Chapter 19 Sir George Gore
Chapter 20 The March South
Chapter 21 Tall Tales

Part 5: Chief Of Scouts

Chapter 22 The Powder River Expedition
Chapter 23 Red Cloud's Defiance
Chapter 24 The Cheyennes' Warning
Chapter 25 Bloody Junket
Chapter 26 Fort Phil Kearney
Chapter 27 Ambush
Chapter 28 Massacre
Chapter 29 The End of the Trail

Appendix
Index

ISBN: 0-8032-5720-1

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