Bill Sublette (1799-1845) led two lives. Renowned as a hardy mountain man, he ranged the Missouri, Big Horn, Yellowstone, and Sweetwater Rivers from 1823-1833. He unwittingly opened the Oregon Trail to settlers, proving wagons could be used. Financial success caused him to become a businessman, politician, and gentleman farmer in St Louis. He helped develop the Rendezvous system, and break Astor's monopoly. Soft bound, 279 pages.

The Table of Contents includes the following:

• Preface
• List of Abbreviations
• Chapter 1 Lincoln and Pulaski
• Chapter 2 St. Charles on the Missouri
• Chapter 3 The Arikara
• Chapter 4 An Ashley Man
• Chapter 5 Smith, Jackson and Sublette
• Chapter 6 Santa Fe and Pierre's Hole
• Chapter 7 The Upper Missouri
• Chapter 8 The "Partition of Poland"
• Chapter 9 Sublette and Campbell
• Chapter 10 A Progressive Gentleman-Farmer
• Chapter 11 Back to the Green
• Chapter 12 Politics and Property
• Appendix A: The Ancestry of Phillip A. Sublette
• Appendix B: The Brothers of Phillip A. Sublette
• Appendix C: Articles of Agreement
• Appendix D: John Sublette
• Bibliography
• Index

ISBN: 0-8061-1111-9