| Author: | George Ruxton | ISBN: | 6610000025411 |
| Publisher: | PublishDrive | Publication: | August 8, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Merkaba Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | George Ruxton |
| ISBN: | 6610000025411 |
| Publisher: | PublishDrive |
| Publication: | August 8, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Merkaba Press |
| Language: | English |
In this classic of western Americana, George Frederick Ruxton, who died in St. Louis in 1848 at the youthful age of twenty-seven, brilliantly brings to life the whole heroic age of the Mountain Men. The author, from his intimate acquaintance with the trappers and traders of the American Far West, vividly recounts the story of two of the most adventurous of these hardy pioneers - Killbuck and La Bonté, whose daring, bravery, and hair-breadth escapes from their numerous Indian and "Spaniard" enemies were legend among their fellow-frontiersmen...
In this classic of western Americana, George Frederick Ruxton, who died in St. Louis in 1848 at the youthful age of twenty-seven, brilliantly brings to life the whole heroic age of the Mountain Men. The author, from his intimate acquaintance with the trappers and traders of the American Far West, vividly recounts the story of two of the most adventurous of these hardy pioneers - Killbuck and La Bonté, whose daring, bravery, and hair-breadth escapes from their numerous Indian and "Spaniard" enemies were legend among their fellow-frontiersmen...
