Gloomy Terrors and Hidden Fires - The Mystery of John Colter and Yellowstone

Informationen zum Autor By Ronald M. Anglin and Larry E. Morris Klappentext Guiding readers through this labyrinth of hearsay, rumor, and myth, this is the first book to tell the whole story of Colter and his legend, examining everything that is known-or supposedly known-about Colter and showing how historians have tried in vain to get back to Colter the man, finding instead an enigma they cannot unravel. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: "Off He Started with the Speed of the Wind"Colter's RunChapter 2: "One of the Survivors, of the Name of Coulter"Searching for Colter's RootsChapter 3: "In Quest of the Country of Kentucke"John Colter and the Legacy of Daniel BooneChapter 4:"Colter Came Running Along the Shore"The Encounter with the Lakota SiouxChapter 5:Colter Had Just Arrived with a Letter from Capt. Clark@Perilous Rivers and MountainsChapter 6:"Colter Expressed a Desire To Join Some Trappers"The Partnership with Dickson and Hancock

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• Authors: Ronald Anglin, Ronald M Anglin, Ronald M. Anglin, Ronald M. Morris Anglin, Anglin Ronald M., Larry Morris, Larry E Morris, Larry E. Morris, Morris Larry E.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.10.2014
• EAN: 9781442226005
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-2600-5
• No. of pages: 270
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; USA, Biography: historical, political & military, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers, HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Geographical discovery & exploration, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United States of America, USA, Geographical discovery and exploration, C 1700 To C 1800, Biography: adventurers and explorers