Format:
1 online resource (273 pages)
ISBN:
9781442262836
Content:
From the first account of "Colter's Run," published in 1810, fascination with John Colter, one of America's most famous and yet least known frontiersmen and discoverer of Yellowstone Park, has never waned. Unlike other legends of the era like Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett, and Kit Carson, Colter has remained elusive because he left not a single letter, diary, or reminiscence. Gathering the available evidence and guiding readers through a labyrinth of hearsay, rumor, and myth, two Colter experts for the first time tell the whole story of Colter and his legend.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 "Off He Started with the Speed of the Wind" -- 2 "One of the Survivors, of the Name of Coulter" -- 3 "In Quest of the Country of Kentucke" -- 4 "Colter Came Running Along the Shore" -- 5 "Colter Had Just Arrived with a Letter from Capt. Clark" -- 6 "Colter Expressed a Desire to Join Some Trappers" -- 7 "Unruly Hands to Manage" -- 8 "Lonely Wanderings" -- 9 "In the Midst of an Unbounded Wilderness" -- 10 "We All Now Became Blind" -- 11 "He Reluctantly Took Leave of Us" -- 12 "As Fine a Body of Hardy Woodsmen as Ever Took the Field" -- Epilogue -- Chronology -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Appendix C -- Notes -- Sources Cited -- Index -- About the Authors.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781442262829
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781442262829
Language:
English
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