After Lewis and Clark: Mountain Men and the Paths to the Pacific
In 1807, a year after Lewis and Clark returned from the shores of the Pacific, groups of trappers and hunters began to drift West to tap the rich stocks of beaver and to trade with the Native nations. Colorful and eccentric, bold and adventurous, mountain men such as John Colter, George Drouillard, Hugh Glass, Andrew Henry, and Kit Carson found individual freedom and financial reward in pursuit of pelts. Their knowledge of the country and its inhabitants served the first mapmakers, the army,...
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In 1807, a year after Lewis and Clark returned from the shores of the Pacific, groups of trappers and hunters began to drift West to tap the rich stocks of beaver and to trade with the Native nations. Colorful and eccentric, bold and adventurous, mountain men such as John Colter, George Drouillard, Hugh Glass, Andrew Henry, and Kit Carson found individual freedom and financial reward in pursuit of pelts. Their knowledge of the country and its inhabitants served the first mapmakers, the army, and the streams of emigrants moving West in ever-greater numbers. The mountain men laid the foundations for their own displacement, as they led the nation on a westward course that ultimately spread the American lands from sea to sea.
1Colter and Drouillard : continental crossing12Colter and Drouillard : mountain man prototypes113Robinson, Hoback, and Reznor : doomed trio234Jedediah Smith : atypical mountain man395Jedediah Smith : South Pass and the Siskadee556Etienne Provost : L'homme des montagnes697Jedediah Smith : California, Oregon, and the Cimarron838Ewing Young : Gila Trails to California1039Joe Walker : the Great Basin and the Sierras11710Bill Sublette : struggle of the fur giants13111Warren Ferris : trapper as cartographer14912Tom Fitzpatrick : missionaries to Oregon15713Jim Bridger : end of an era17314Kit Carson : mapping the way west18515Joe Meek and Doc Newell : trappers as colonists20716Kit Carson : Fremont's third expedition22317Kit Carson : the continent spanned24118Jim Bridger : filling in the map263The maps287
\ New York Times Book Review“The definitive study of the decisive role mountain men played in the exploration and expansion of the Western frontier. . . . Very readable and impressively detailed.”—New York Times Book Review\ \ \ \ \ Booklist“[Utley’s] narrative of the trappers is entrancingly delivered. . . . A magnificent read.”—Booklist\ \ \ Wild West“Reads like a well-spun novel.”—Wild West\ \ \ \ \ Journal of America's Military Past“Utley’s volume makes excellent reading. It is fast paced, entertaining, and very well researched. . . . Added to his already impressive list of books, After Lewis and Clark solidifies Utley’s reputation as one of the foremost scholars and entertaining writers on the West.” —Joe Knetsch, Journal of America’s Military Past\ — Joe Knetsch\ \ \ \ \ \ Southwest Book Views“Robert Utley does a remarkable job in chronicling this unequaled segment of American history. He brings, with his easy-to-read style, the hazy images most of us have of obscure but nonetheless fearless heroes from our past into crystal clear focus.”—Southwest Book Views\ \ \ \ \ True West Magazine“An authentic story that is anecdotal and very readable.”—Richard H. Dillon, True West Magazine\ — Richard H. Dillon\ \ \ \ \ \ Journal of America's Military Past“Utley’s volume makes excellent reading. It is fast paced, entertaining, and very well researched. . . . Added to his already impressive list of books, After Lewis and Clark solidifies Utley’s reputation as one of the foremost scholars and entertaining writers on the West.” —Joe Knetsch, Journal of America’s Military Past\ \ \ \ \ True West Magazine“An authentic story that is anecdotal and very readable.”—Richard H. Dillon, True West Magazine\ \
