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Mountain Men of the RockiesAdventures of Colter, Bridger, Bill Gordon, Peg Leg Smith, Old Bill Williams, Bill Bent, J.S. Smith, the Sublettes, and Other Trappers in that Remote Region. E-book. Formato EPUB Frank Triplett - Arcadia Press, 2026 -
A classic 1883 account of the trappers, scouts, and explorers who entered the Rocky Mountain wilderness before the American West was transformed forever.Long before railroads and established settlements reached the interior West, the Rocky Mountains were crossed and contested by men whose lives depended on endurance, marksmanship, wilderness knowledge, and extraordinary nerve.In Mountain Men of the Rockies, Frank Triplett recounts the adventures of some of the most memorable figures of the early frontier:John Colter, whose legendary escape became one of the most dramatic survival stories in western history.Jim Bridger, the famed trapper, guide, and founder of Fort Bridger.Peg-Leg Smith, the eccentric and fearless mountain man.Old Bill Williams, the solitary hunter of the wilderness.Bill Bent, trader, fighter, and central figure in the history of Bent’s Fort.J. S. Smith, among the boldest overland explorers of the American West.The Sublette brothers, whose lives were inseparable from the rise of the Rocky Mountain fur trade.Across these pages are harrowing pursuits, grizzly bear attacks, river crossings, frontier battles, trapping expeditions, overland journeys, and desperate struggles against hunger, weather, isolation, and violence.Originally published in 1883 and presented with period illustrations, this book is more than a collection of wilderness adventures. It is also a revealing historical document of the nineteenth-century imagination of the American West—dramatic, uncompromising, and shaped by the assumptions of its time.A compelling read for anyone interested in mountain men, the fur trade, frontier history, western exploration, Bent’s Fort, Jim Bridger, John Colter, and the untamed landscapes of the early American West.Historical content note: This work preserves the language and viewpoints of its original period, including offensive and stereotyped descriptions of Native American peoples. These elements are presented as part of the historical text and do not represent the views of the publisher.
Thrilling Lives of Buffalo Bill and Pawnee Bill. E-book. Formato EPUB Frank Winch - Arcadia Press, 2016 -
The book features alternating chapters about William Buffalo Bill Cody and Maj Gordon Lillie known as Pawnee Bill. Both starred in the Wild West Show where Winch the author was the chief publicity agent.
Recollections of a Private Soldier in the Army of the Potomac. E-book. Formato EPUB Frank Wilkeson - Arcadia Press, 2019 -
"THE history of the fighting to suppress the slave-holders rebellion, thus far written, has been the work of commanding generals. The private soldiers who won the battles, when they were given a chance to win them, and lost them through the ignorance and incapacity of commanders, have scarcely begun to write the history from their point of view. The two will be found to differ materially. Most of this war history has been written to repair damaged or wholly ruined military reputations. The men who carried the muskets, served the guns, and rode in the saddle had no military reputations to defend or create, and they brought not out of the war professional jealousy of their comrades. They and they alone can supplement the wonderful contribution made by Grant to the history of the struggle to suppress the rebellion......" Frank Wilkeson