TY  - BOOK
AU  - Laycock, George.
TI  - Th e mountain men
SN  - 9781592286553
PY  - 1996///
CY  - Guilford, Conn.
PB  - The Lylon Press
KW  - Frontier and pioneer life
KW  - West (U.S.)
KW  - Fur trade
KW  - Fur traders
KW  - Trappers
KW  - Trapping
N1  - A Dramatic history and lore of the first frontiermen.--Cover; Originally published: Danbury, CT : Outdoor Life Books, c1988; Includes bibliographical references (p. 304-305) and index
N2  - To know how the West was really won, start with the exploits of these unsung mountain men who, like the legendary Jeremiah Johnson, were real buckskin survivalists. Preceded only by Lewis and Clark, beaver fur trappers roamed the river valleys and mountain rangers of the West, living on fish and game, fighting or trading with the Native Americans, and forever heading toward the untamed wilderness
ER  -