James Bridger, Trapper, Frontiersman, Scout, And Guide. A Historical Narrative.

J. CECIL ALTER

Publication: Shepard Book Company, 1925, Salt Lake City

First Edition. 8vo. Limited to 1000 copies of which this is No. 807, Signed by the author. TEG. Embossed and gilt-stamped brown cloth, xvii [1], 546 pp., Preface, Frontis., Foreword, Illustrated, Plates, Portraits, Bibliography, Index. Includes a 32 page section at end by Major General Grenville M. Dodge entitled, "Biographical Sketch of James Bridger, Mountaineer, Trapper, and Guide". Born in 1804, James Bridger's family emigrated to St. Louis in 1812. He was 18 years old in 1822 when he joined his first expedition up the Missouri River. Bridger explored, trapped and traded throughout the Rocky Mountains for the next 20 years. He guided emigrant and military groups all through the 1840's, 1850's and early 1860's. "One of the three or four most able, influential and best known mountain men..... One of the very greatest frontiersmen of the American saga, a man of outstanding character and worth."---Dan L. Thrapp. An exceptional copy, as New.