A Life Wild and Perilous: Mountain Men and the Paths to the Pacific by Utley, Robert M - 1997

New York: Henry Holt & Co, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket As New. Early in the 19th century, there were two great movements in American historty, exploration and national expansion. A small gathering of colorful and eccentric men played a decisive part--they were the Mountain men, bold adventurers who sought individual freedom and financial reward in the beaver streams of the Rocky Mountains. They came to know the West as well as the Indians whose trails they followed and they mapped the lands which were used by those that followed. This was the time of trappers and fur traders such as Jim Bridger, Kit Carson, Tom Fitzpatrick, and Jedediah Smith, who opened patyhs through the mountain wilderness of the American West. 392 pages with Sources, Bibliography and Notes. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. 1997, Henry Holt & Co, NY