Author: Barbour, Barton H. (editor)
Title: Tales of the Mountain Men
Description: , Museum of New Mexico Press, 1984. . Paperback. . Unmarked text. Edge wear. Compiled and edited by Barton H. Barbour. Introduction by David J. Weber. Illustrations by Andrew Burns. 75p. Bibliography. Measures 9.25x8 inches. Recounts some of the hair-raising and humorous exploits of the Mountain Men and the Rocky Mountain fur trade.The heyday of the mountain men spanned only a few short decades. By the 1840s wagon pioneers were flooding into the West. And the free-roaming mountain men disappeared.. . . Good

Keywords: Mountain Men, Cowboys, Indians, Daniel Boone, Rocky Mountains, Frontier, 19th Century History, American Studies, History


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