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Jim Bridger, trailblazer of the American West, Jerry Enzler

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Jim Bridger, trailblazer of the American West, Jerry Enzler

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-354) and index

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individual biography

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mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Jim Bridger

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1198717012

Responsibility statement

Jerry Enzler

Sub title

trailblazer of the American West

Summary

"A comprehensive biography on Jim Bridger, famed mountain man, explorer, fur trader and guide."--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

To find a home, 1804-1821 -- Keelboating upriver, 1822 -- The bloody Missouri, 1822-1823 -- Mike Fink and Hugh Glass, 1823 -- Bridger discovers Great Salt Lake, 1824-1825 -- Bridger braves Bad Pass, 1825 -- Pilot for the brigades, 1826-1830 -- Partner in the Rocky Mountain Fur Company, 1830-1832 -- Eagle Ribs and the Blackfeet, 1832 -- The race to rendezvous, 1833-1834 -- Bridger's family, 1834-1835 -- The siege, 1836-1837 -- Knight of the Rockies, 1837-1838 -- Seventeen years without bread, 1839-1841 -- Fort Bridger, 1841-1843 -- The Oregon Trail, 1843-1844 -- Coyoterra and the Gulf of California, 1844-1846 -- "Old Bridger is death on us," 1847-1849 -- Mary Ann, Chipeta, Virginia, and Mary Josephine, 1847-1848 -- The Gold Rush and the mapmakers, 1848-1849 -- Bridger Pass, 1850 -- Horse Creek Treaty, 1851 -- Mormons take Fort Bridger, 1852-1853 -- Guiding Gore, Warren, and Hayden, 1854-1856 -- Chief guide for the Utah War, 1857-1858 -- The search for Yellowstone, 1859-1860 -- America's guide and storyteller, 1861-1863 -- Blazing the Bridger Trail, 1864 -- The Powder River Campaign, 1865 -- Red Cloud fights back, 1866 -- Hundred in the hand, 1866 -- "The Crows would not permit Bridger to be endangered," 1867-1868 -- So much farther, 1868-1881 -- Epilogue

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Trailblazer of the American West

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