trappers

Seventeen-year-old Francis Ross disappears the same day his mother discovers the body of his friend Laurent Jammet, sending Mrs. Ross and a half-Indian trapper named William Parkeron on a journey across the frozen landscape to find the murderer, her son, and two sisters who went missing years before.

Presents biographies of eighteen men essential to the opening of the West.

Profiles the discoveries and adventures of famous trappers and mountain men in American history including Jedediah Smith, Lewis and Clark, and John Jacob Astor and his fur-trading empire.

Chronicles the life of nineteenth-century African-American mountain man James Beckwourth, describing his years as a wilderness guide and trapper; his decade living with the Crow Nation, during which he became a chief; and his experiences as a scout for the U.S. Army, including the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864.

Natty Bumppo leaves his beloved forests of New York and is now a trapper on the great Western plains.

A trapper's son and a champion Irish Setter roam wilderness areas and grow to maturity together.

Describes the crafts and skills of wilderness living and survival, featuring information on mountain man tools and materials, and providing illustrated instructions for making and/or using traps and trappings, clothing, weapons, hats, scrimshaw, pouches, scabbards, quillwork, tipis, eating utensils, and other items.

Explores the links that bind humans to the natural world through the experiences of a trapper and a beekeeper in New York State.

Examines the life and career of the nineteenth-century hunter, trapper, and trader.

Presents a comprehensive biography of former slave and western pioneer Jim Beckwourth, whose white father freed him when he was nine and sent him to school; and follows his journeys out west.