Delbert Hunt
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Series
Into the Wild Frontier volume 6
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English
Description
Although from humble beginnings, Tom Fitzpatrick is ambitious and intelligent. When he joins up with William Ashley's trapping expedition, he proves himself to be an invaluable member of the company, both as a hardy frontiersman and a shrewd businessman. Along with legendary mountain man Jedediah Smith, Fitzpatrick rediscovers the South Pass through the Rocky Mountains, opening the pathway that will enable western expansion for decades to come. Fitzpatrick...
Author
Series
Into the Wild Frontier volume 4
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English
Description
A young Jim Bridger joins William Ashley's trapping expedition hoping that the untamed West will bring fortune and adventure. With a photographic memory, Jim quickly catches the attention of seasoned explorers. But when a rescue mission leaves fellow trapper and hunter Hugh Glass fighting for his life after a vicious grizzly bear attack, Jim Bridger's morality is put to the test. As the hostile Arikara warriors close in, Bridger must decide between...
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Series
Into the Wild Frontier volume 3
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English
Description
The story behind America's first mountain man. When Lewis and Clark's infamous expedition comes to an end, their hunter, John Colter, makes a brave decision to continue venturing through the untamed West on his own, finding work as a guide, hunter, and trapper along the way. Entranced by the beauty and adventure of the unexplored land, Colter is the first Anglo-American to set his sights on the West's most breathtaking landscape, including the Grand...
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Series
Into the Wild Frontier volume 2
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English
Description
Under direct orders from President Thomas Jefferson, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark lead the first expedition of its kind through the uncharted frontier. In hopes of reaching the Pacific Ocean, Lewis and Clark's team travels by boat up the Missouri River, but the waters become too shallow to cross the Rocky Mountains. With no way to travel by land with their supplies, Lewis and Clark rely on a young Shoshone woman named Sacagawea who is accompanying...
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Series
Into the Wild Frontier volume 8
Language
English
Description
After years of venturing through the frontier and making a name for himself as an accomplished trapper, scout, and tracker, Kit Carson trades in his Wild West adventures for the life of a family man and rancher. But when an Apache raiding party ambushes and kills merchant James White and kidnaps his wife Ann and their daughter, the army asks Kit to help rescue them. Embarking on the most challenging trail of his career, the living legend crosses 200...
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Series
Into the Wild Frontier volume 7
Language
English
Description
Determined to make a living as a fur trapper, former slave, Jim Beckwourth's experience venturing through an uninhabited and vast landscape quickly turns into one of the most epic tales of the early West. When a joke about Beckwourth being a long-long member of the Crow tribe turns into a believable rumor, the adventure of a lifetime begins. Enamored with the culture and adopted by the members, Beckwourth takes a Crow wife and becomes a war chief,...
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Series
Into the Wild Frontier volume 5
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English
Description
A young Jedediah Smith joins William Ashley's expedition and helps establish the fur trade along the Missouri River, but it's not hunting or trapping he longs for...it's adventure. Inspired by Lewis and Clark, he wants to explore the vast, uncharted American frontier. Trekking through unknown and unforgiving terrain, Smith's iron will and unwavering courage under fire help him survive a vicious grizzly bear attack, hostile Native Americans, and life-or-death...
Author
Series
Into the Wild Frontier volume 1
Language
English
Description
After frontiersman Daniel Boone forges paths across the Appalachian Mountains and into the newly discovered lands of Kentucky, he founds the settlement of Boonesborough, which quickly becomes one of the most important outposts on colonial America's frontier. But this westward expansion comes at a price. Despite agreements made with the powerful Cherokee nation, conflict between the settlers and natives soon rages like wildfire. For Boone, the strife...