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| Jim Bridger: Mountain Man | 
 enlarge | Author: Stanley Vestal
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Category: Book
List Price: $15.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 130447
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 333
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.3 x 0.7
ISBN: 0803257201
Dewey Decimal Number: 978.020924
EAN: 9780803257207
ASIN: 0803257201
Publication Date: March 1, 1970
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 It's the best book ever January 27, 1999
3 out of 28 found this review helpful
This book is awesome !!!!!!!
 Embarrassingly Inept Writing June 25, 1998
10 out of 26 found this review helpful
Although Vestal establishes his credibility as a researcher, it is not enough to research well; one must also be a writer, and Vestal's embarrassing attempts to mimic Bridger's speech is a travesty. From inane, trite cliches to ungrammatical and unmusical diction, it is clear that Vestal needed a much stronger editor. Recommended only for those who can ignore the non-standard grammar and abyssmal writing or who are interested only in the research.
Histroial Biography Of Jim Bridger Early American Explorer February 22, 1997
36 out of 38 found this review helpful
Stanley Vestal did an admirably good job in recreating an accurate history of the early 1800's in the American West. This historical biography delves into the little known life of the great American explorer, trapper, and scout, Jim Bridger. He starts with his youth and factually chronicles almost every known aspect of his life until his death at the old age 76. (which you will find was quite characteristic of many a mountain man.)Jim Bridger was the discoverer of the Great Salt Lake and most points of interest in the Rocky Mountain Range. His verbal descriptions of the unknown west are given in Vestal's book and vividly show why Bridger was one of the main reasons the early settlers heading west to Oregon survived. Vestal writes this book in the language used by the early "mountain men." He explains the "special" vocabulary used by these early men of courage. Vestal tells of actual evnts involving the American aboriginal peoples known as "Indians." He tells of the good things and the bad things that happen to these people, and why; and yet doesn't present the episodes in the usual "cry baby" attitude used by many of today's writers describing our aboriginal AmericansIn this book, Vestal gives the reader glimpes of the real lives of Hugh Glass, Kit Carson, William Sublette, and other explorers of the time. Jim Bridger, although not usually recognized for this, was nearly single-handedly responsible for the opening of the Great American West.Jim Bridger was a friend to the aboriginal Americans. He understood them. Vestal brings this to life, as well as explaining thr REAL reason the settlers and aboriginal Americans developed conflicts.Stanley Vestal did a marvelous job in this book. I highly recommend it as a textbook for any student of American history. It is told in real terms, without appologies.This book would be a great book to precede James Michener's Centennial, and Stephen Ambrose's Undaunted Courage (a history of Lewis and Clark). Thank you. ---- Paul Holtzheimer II (request@nas.com
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