Nine Years in the Rocky Mountains 1834-1843 - Journal Of A Trapper

I have been reading this book over and over again since 1977 when I was a wilderness ranger for the US Forest Service in NW Wyoming. Its a wonder journal of travel and in a few instances hair raising escape. Its great for reading a few pages at a time as one camps out in the Rockies, Yellowstone Region and visualize the life of a trapper moving scross this landscape. I lost my old copy so I bough this one. On the downside this book is made for people with microscopic vision. Why did they print so small? If I would have known print size I would not have bought it. Being hardcover I though I would have nice large print for my aging eyes. No bueno!

If you want to know what happened after Lewis and Clark you have to read this book. It fills in the big gap between the Corps of Discovery trip and the wagon trains. Well written by a resourceful and charming individualist.

This is an amazingly detailed book/journal of information on human and natural conditions that were present in the 1840's in the northern Rockies. I lived in this region for years and also still do many trips around this country and I would never had thought there was that much wildlife. This is an eye opener book even to someone who knows this country. The lack of a plot or story line is replaced by very interesting details from many remote places that are still remote today.