Best Non Fiction Mountain Man Books

[BeastOfTheTrees]

As the title says. In the market for a real good long read on The topic. In addition what is the better Jim Bridger account, I know there are a bunch.

 

[EastHumboldt]

Tough trip through Paradise. Andrew Garcia.

 

[Nooksack]

Excellent read on the rise and fall of the Rocky Mountain Fur Co. Bill Sublette, Jim Bridger, Joe Meek, Jedediah Smith, Hugh Glass, and Tom Fitzpatrick are all included.

 

[N.ID7803]

The Ridge Runner by Richard Ripley

 

[William Sublette]

Across the wide Missouri
Benard DeVoto

The Beaver Men
Mari Sandoz

 

[BeastOfTheTrees]

You guys are top notch

Been getting most of my book ideas from
frontier-partisans.com. But thought I’d entice the slide. An outdoor minded feller could spend hours on that site.

 

[jayhawk]

Narrative of the Adventures of Zenas Leonard

Journal of a Trapper by Osbourne Russell

Undaunted Courage by Ambrose (it’s about the Lewis and Clark expedition)

John Colter and his time in the Rockies

Just to name a few

 

[gabenzeke]

Mountain Man by David Marshall. It's about John colter. One of my favorite books ever.

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[Broomd]

Alaska's Wolf Man, the story of Frank Glaser by Jim Rearden.
Unbelievable read about one of the toughest men ever to lace 'em up.

 

[Nickofthewoods]

Blood and Thunder - Kit Carson bio and stories

Chronicles of Colorado - Compilation of Journal entries from early settlers and explorers in Colorado such as Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and Zane Grey. Really awesome book if you know Colorado well.

 

[mparks270]

The Frontiersman
Wilderness War
Wilderness Empire

 

[Jimmy]

Blood and Thunder by Hampton Sides. About Kit Carson and the American Southwest, big book.

 

[Mighty Mouse]

A Life Wild and Perilous by Robert Utley is a good survey of the mountain man era.

On Bridger specifically, Stanley Vestal's Jim Bridger: Mountain Man has been recommended to me. I have a copy but haven't read it yet.

 

[bigv]

Crow killer was good. True story of Jeremiah Johnson.
I also second Alaska's Wolfman. Favorite book of all time.

 

[TN2shot07]

Some of the above are great recommendations, for a general overview of several Tom Miranda’s Master Trappers is a fun read

 

[Duzy]

Journal of a Trapper
by Osborne Russell

My Life as an Indian by James Willard Schultz


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[Will_m]

Crow killer was good. True story of Jeremiah Johnson.
I also second Alaska's Wolfman. Favorite book of all time.

This is the second time that I saw some refer to Crow Killer as non-fiction. I'm pretty sure it is fiction.

 

[bigv]

This is the second time that I saw some refer to Crow Killer as non-fiction. I'm pretty sure it is fiction.

Well...it's both...sorta. It has many facts about his life and most accounts of actions were retold by fellow trappers etc. So...it's non fiction based on hearsay so to speak.

 

[TxxAgg]

If you like non fiction, these are some of my favs:

Undaunted Courage by Stephen Ambrose
Blood and Thunder by Hampton Sides
In the Kingdom of Ice by Hampton Sides
On Desperate Ground by Hampton Sides
Labyrinth of Ice by Buddy Levy
In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
The Jim Corbett Omnibus by Jim Corbett (this collection of stories is especially interesting. He hunts man eating tigers and leopards and had balls of steel)

 

[rayporter]

log of a cowboy was a good read!
the eastern border wars by hinson--it is earlier than the mountain man era but quite a read on opening up the ohio valley.