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Jim Bridger

Trailblazer of the American West

By: Jerry Enzler

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Jim Bridger

Trailblazer of the American West

By: Jerry Enzler

Even among iconic frontiersmen like John C. Frémont, Kit Carson, and Jedediah Smith, Jim Bridger stands out. A mountain man of the American West, straddling the fur trade era and the age of exploration, he lived the life legends are made of. His adventures are fit for remaking into the tall tales Bridger himself liked to tell. Here, in a biography that finally gives this outsize character his due, Jerry Enzler takes this frontiersman’s full measure for the first time—and tells a story that would do Jim Bridger proud. Born in 1804 and orphaned at thirteen, Bridger made his first western foray in 1822, traveling up the Missouri River with Mike Fink and a hundred enterprising young men to trap beaver. At twenty he “discovered” the Great Salt Lake. At twenty-one he was the first to paddle the Bighorn River’s Bad Pass. At twenty-two he explored the wonders of Yellowstone. In the following years, he led trapping brigades into Blackfeet territory; guided expeditions of Smithsonian scientists, topographical engineers, and army leaders; and, though he could neither read nor write, mapped the tribal boundaries for the Great Indian Treaty of 1851. Enzler charts Bridger’s path from the fort he built on the Oregon Trail to the route he blazed for Montana gold miners to avert war with Red Cloud and his Lakota coalition. Along the way he married into the Flathead, Ute, and Shoshone tribes and produced seven children. Tapping sources uncovered in the six decades since the last documented Bridger biography, Enzler’s book fully conveys the drama and details of the larger-than-life history of the “King of the Mountain Men.” This is the definitive story of an extraordinary life.

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385

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University of Oklahoma Press

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080617000X

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9780806170008

The Terrible Indian Wars of the West

A History from the Whitman Massacre to Wounded Knee, 1846-1890

By: Jerry Keenan

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The Terrible Indian Wars of the West

A History from the Whitman Massacre to Wounded Knee, 1846-1890

By: Jerry Keenan

Expansion! The history of the United States might well be summed up in that single word. The Indian Wars of the American West were a continuation of the struggle that began with the arrival of the first Europeans, and escalated as they advanced across the Appalachians before American independence had been won. This history of the Indian Wars of the Trans-Mississippi begins with the earliest clashes between Native Americans and Anglo-European settlers. The author provides a comprehensive narrative of the conflict in eight parts, covering eight geographical regions--the Pacific Northwest; California and Nevada; New Mexico, the Central Plains, the Southern Plains; Iowa, Minnesota and the Northern Plains; the Intermountain West, and the Desert Southwest--with an epilogue on Wounded Knee.

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505

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McFarland

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0786499400

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9780786499403

Herbs and Herbalism in the Middle Ages and Renaissance

By: Jerry Stannard,Katherine E. Stannard

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Herbs and Herbalism in the Middle Ages and Renaissance

By: Jerry Stannard,Katherine E. Stannard

Jerry Stannard assembled a legendary collection of materials on the history of botany from Homer to Linnaeus, and his mastery of the field was acknowledged as incomparable. However, his work was sadly cut short by his death, and so did not result in the ultimate synthesis he envisioned; this volume, and its companion, Pristina Medicamenta, bring together his important output in articles and studies.

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343

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Taylor & Francis

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1040238742

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9781040238745

The Life of Yellowstone Kelly

By: Jerry Keenan

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The Life of Yellowstone Kelly

By: Jerry Keenan

Based on the memoirs and correspondence of Luther Sage "Yellowstone" Kelly (1849-1928), this first full-length biography offers a comprehensive look at a remarkable man who knew the frontier of the American West and recorded his impressions of that time and place with a fluid, literary pen.

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412

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UNM Press

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0826340350

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9780826340351

Woman War Chief

The Story of a Crow Warrior

By: Jerry A. Matney

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Woman War Chief

The Story of a Crow Warrior

By: Jerry A. Matney

This book reaches back to the book of Acts to suggest that the upper room experience of the early disciples speaks down through history to the 21st century about how your city and region can be transformed through the power of united prayer. This book looks to catch glimpses of principles employed by the disciples in the book of Acts, which radically changed society and history.

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1403378479

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9781403378477

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Jim Bridger

Jim Bridger

The Terrible Indian Wars of the West

The Terrible Indian Wars of the West

Herbs and Herbalism in the Middle Ages and Renaissance

Herbs and Herbalism in the Middle Ages and Renaissance

The Life of Yellowstone Kelly

The Life of Yellowstone Kelly

Woman War Chief

Woman War Chief

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