Reviews for Mountain Men and Fur Traders of the Far West: Eighteen Biographical Sketches

The average rating for Mountain Men and Fur Traders of the Far West: Eighteen Biographical Sketches based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-02-16 00:00:00 Joseph Mills Pretty good read. I'm what is often called a "history buff". That is especially true of American frontier history. I've read several good books on various aspects of the western expansion. While this one is an interesting read and I think most who are interested in "Mountain Men" and the period of time this entails will enjoy it somewhat it has a couple of "slight" negatives. First, the book is basically a series of short biographies. The emphasis here is on "short". If you know much about the characters in question then the bios are pointless. If you don't they maybe enough to whet your appetite for more. Either way they're not really that satisfying. Second, The book is mostly a history of the fur trade. (The title does mention "Mountain Men and Fur Traders). The rest of the aspects of the life of the Mountain Men are told "mostly" (though not exclusively) in the light of how they relate to the fur trade. So, a pretty good book with some interesting facts about the Mountain Men selected for these profiles. Fairly worth reading in that light. Obviously not the best book I've read on these men and the time in question but an interesting intro with emphasis on the fur trade.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-05-10 00:00:00 Thomas Ruzicka ��. Wish they'd gone deeper into the stories of the Indian encounters, and hardships endured in the mountains. It seems like all the contributors were told to just stick to tracing when and where each of the subjects travelled to. But very little focus on what happened at those places.