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Mountain Man / Fur Trade Books ? #7134611
01/13/21 09:49 AM 01/13/21 09:49 AM
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Guys I need a little help. I have a friend that wants to know what books on the mountain men are good. I've read most but I can't remember most of the titles, sure would appreciate getting some titles to help him. No fiction titles please.
Re: Mountain Man / Fur Trade Books ? [Re: K52] #7134621
01/13/21 09:57 AM 01/13/21 09:57 AM
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https://www.amazon.com/s?k=osborn+russel&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

Journal Of A Trapper: Nine Years in the Rocky Mountains 1834-1843
by Osborne Russell

Last edited by danny clifton; 01/13/21 09:57 AM.
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Re: Mountain Man / Fur Trade Books ? [Re: K52] #7134623
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Re: Mountain Man / Fur Trade Books ? [Re: K52] #7134625
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https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Crow+Killer%2C+New+Edition%3A+The+Saga+of+Liver-Eating+Johnson&ref=nb_sb_noss


Crow Killer: The Saga of Liver-Eating Johnson (Midland Book) by Raymond W. Thorp Jr. (1983-08-22)
Jan 1, 1800

Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Re: Mountain Man / Fur Trade Books ? [Re: K52] #7134626
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Thanks Danny, that's a good one I've read but couldn't remember the title.
Re: Mountain Man / Fur Trade Books ? [Re: K52] #7134642
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the 3 I was gona mention have been said!

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Re: Mountain Man / Fur Trade Books ? [Re: danny clifton] #7134652
01/13/21 10:22 AM 01/13/21 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by danny clifton
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Crow+Killer%2C+New+Edition%3A+The+Saga+of+Liver-Eating+Johnson&ref=nb_sb_noss


Crow Killer: The Saga of Liver-Eating Johnson (Midland Book) by Raymond W. Thorp Jr. (1983-08-22)
Jan 1, 1800

I've got to get that one

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Re: Mountain Man / Fur Trade Books ? [Re: danny clifton] #7134691
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Originally Posted by danny clifton
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Crow+Killer%2C+New+Edition%3A+The+Saga+of+Liver-Eating+Johnson&ref=nb_sb_noss


Crow Killer: The Saga of Liver-Eating Johnson (Midland Book) by Raymond W. Thorp Jr. (1983-08-22)
Jan 1, 1800


My favorite, I like the style it was written in.

Antelope, the original fast food!!
Re: Mountain Man / Fur Trade Books ? [Re: K52] #7134828
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"Joe Meek the Merry Mountain Man" by Stanley Vestal. One of my all-time favorites.

"American Fur Trade of the Far West" by Chittenden.

"Fur Hunters of the Far West" by Alexander Ross. First hand account by a former Northwest company/Hudson Bay company Brigade leader.

My fear of moving stairs is escalating!
Re: Mountain Man / Fur Trade Books ? [Re: K52] #7134947
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Trappers of New York, Jeptha R. Simms. Trapping and Hunting in Northern NY in the latter part of the 18th and early 19th century.
Notable trappers Nathaniel Foster and Nicholas Stoner, and a host of others.
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