Give Your Heart to the Hawks A Tribute to the Mountain Men

Name: Give Your Heart to the Hawks A Tribute to the Mountain Men
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ISBN: 9780765314352

ISBN-10: 0765314355

ISBN-13: 9780765314352

Edition: 2005

Authors: Win Blevins

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For over thirty years, from the time of Lewis and Clark into the 1840s, the mountain men explored the Great American West. As trappers in a hostile, trackless land, their exploits opened the gates of the mountains for the wagon trains of pioneers who followed them. In "Give Your Heart to the Hawks, Win Blevins presents a poetic tribute to these dauntless "first Westerners" and their incredible adventures. Here, among many, are the stories of: * John Colter, who, in 1808, naked and without weapons or food, escaped captivity by the Blackfeet and ran and walked 250 miles to Fort Lisa at the mouth of the Yellowstone River; * Hugh Glass, who was mauled by a grizzly in 1823, left for dead by his…

Book details

List price: $18.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates, LLC
Publication date: 11/29/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.62" wide x 8.29" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction


Preface



The First Mountain Man



The Great American Desert



Mountain Skill, Mountain Luck



The Trapper and Trapping



Falstaff's Battalion



Yarning



Quest for Buenaventura



Rendezvous



Starvin'Times



The Buffalo-Cuisine Premiere



Rescue in Californy



Mountain Craft



A Choice of Allegiance



Mountain Mating



War in the Mountains



Exploration of the West



Invasion



Trappers and Indians



Alpenglow



Chronology of the Fur Trade



Glossary


Notes


Bibliography


Index