| Author | : Robert Marshall Utley |
| Publisher | : Henry Holt & Company |
| Total Pages | : 392 |
| Release | : 1997 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780805033045 |
Describes how the trails of the West were carved out by a group of hunters and traders known as mountain men.
A Life Wild and Perilous
| Author | : Robert M. Utley |
| Publisher | : Macmillan + ORM |
| Total Pages | : 557 |
| Release | : 2015-09-15 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1627798838 |
Early in the nineteenth century, the mountain men emerged as a small but distinctive group whose knowledge and experience of the trans-Mississippi West extended the national consciousness to continental dimensions. Though Lewis and Clark blazed a narrow corridor of geographical reality, the West remained largely terra incognita until trappers and traders--Jim Bridger, Kit Carson, Tom Fitzpatrick, Jedediah Smith--opened paths through the snow-choked mountain wilderness. They opened the way west to Fremont and played a major role in the pivotal years of 1845-1848 when Texas was annexed, the Oregon question was decided, and the Mexican War ended with the Southwest and California in American hands, the Pacific Ocean becoming our western boundary.
After Lewis and Clark
| Author | : Robert M. Utley |
| Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
| Total Pages | : 428 |
| Release | : 2004-01-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780803295643 |
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.
Ada Twist and the Perilous Pants
| Author | : Andrea Beaty |
| Publisher | : Abrams |
| Total Pages | : 144 |
| Release | : 2019-04-16 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1683354761 |
You loved the bestselling picture books starring Rosie Revere, Ada Twist, and Iggy Peck. Now you can follow The Questioneers' further adventures in all-new chapter books! Don’t miss the first instant New York Times bestselling volume, Rosie Revere and the Raucous Riveters. In Ada Twist and the Perilous Pants, Ada must rely on her curious mind, her brave spirit, and her best pals Rosie Revere and Iggy Peck to solve a mystery in her own backyard. Ada Twist is full of questions. A scientist to her very core, Ada asks why again and again. One question always leads to another until she’s off on a journey of discovery! When Rosie Revere’s Uncle Ned gets a little carried away wearing his famous helium pants, it’s up to Ada and friends to chase him down. As Uncle Ned floats farther and farther away, Ada starts asking lots of questions: How high can a balloon float? Is it possible for Uncle Ned to float into outer space? And what’s the best plan for getting him down? Collect them all! Add these other STEM favorites from #1 New York Times bestselling team Andrea Beaty and David Roberts to your family library today! Rosie Revere, Engineer Ada Twist, Scientist Iggy Peck, Architect Rosie Revere and the Raucous Riveters Ada Twist’s Big Project Book for Stellar Scientists Iggy Peck’s Big Project Book for Amazing Architects Rosie Revere’s Big Project Book for Bold Engineers The Questioneers Family Calendar, coming May 2019!
A Perilous Undertaking
| Author | : Deanna Raybourn |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 354 |
| Release | : 2017 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0451476158 |
Visiting a ladies-only club for intrepid women, Victorian adventuress Veronica Speedwell is challenged to save a society art patron from execution.
Tales from the Perilous Realm
| Author | : John Ronald Reuel Tolkien |
| Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Total Pages | : 444 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9780547154114 |
Never before published in a single volume, Tolkien's four novellas ("Farmer Giles of Ham, Leaf by Niggle, Smith of Wootton Major," and "Roverandom") and one book of poems ("The Adventures of Tom Bombadil") are gathered together in a fully illustrated set.
The Relic of Perilous Falls
| Author | : Raymond Arroyo |
| Publisher | : Crown Books For Young Readers |
| Total Pages | : 338 |
| Release | : 2016 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0553539590 |
"A thrill-seeking twelve-year-old boy with a mysterious family heritage discovers ancient objects of rare power--and must protect them from the terrifying demons who will do anything to possess them"--
A Perilous Power
| Author | : E. Rose Sabin |
| Publisher | : Macmillan |
| Total Pages | : 259 |
| Release | : 2004-09-01 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1466813407 |
Trevor Blake has always known he possessed magical gifts. For instance, he can conjure objects at a distance. But since he was young, he has suppressed his magic lest it draw hostility from the skeptical and ungifted and intolerant. In the small farming community where Trevor lives with his family, the practice of magic is forbidden-sometimes from fear...or jealousy. Most of the gifted, known as Adepts, practice their arts far away in the big cities. In fact, it is in the bustling coastal city of Port-of-Lords that Trevor has heard of a group of the gifted that have banded together in a secret underground community of adepts. Practicing their art among their own and under the cloak of secrecy, they are able to perfect and master their chosen gifts, perhaps reaching levels of art they could never have imagined. Buoyed with letters of introduction from influential relatives, Trevor boldly makes his way to Port-of-Lords, intent on joining the Community. Happily his best friend, Les Simonton, has agreed to join him on the journey. But no sooner have the boys arrived than the trouble begins. The kind of trouble that Trevor -even with his formidable magic-may be powerless to prevent. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
