The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth
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About The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth
Throughout his long and lusty life, James P. Beckwourth epitomized much of the best and the worst of a fabulous breed, the mountain men of the early West. Trapper, hunter, guide, horse thief, Indian fighter, and Indian chief, he also took part in the Seminole and Mexican wars and the California gold rush before he dictated his memoirs to an itinerant newspaperman, Thomas D. Bonner. Beckwourth was the only black mountain man to record his story; his autobiography, first published in 1856, is a classic of its kind, the western adventure story par excellence. But because it mixes fact and fiction it has long been regarded with suspicion. This edition reproduces the original 1856 printing, and adds notes and an epilogue by Professor Delmont R. Oswald to assist the reader in sifting Beckwourth's life from the legend Beckwourth preferred to create.
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- Audience
- Adult/general
- Commitment
- Standalone or self-contained
- Estimated reading time
- 16.0 hours at about 40 pages per hour
- Length
- Long read
- Best for
- Readers seeking mountain men nonfiction
Why readers are finding The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth
The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth by James P. Beckwourth, published in 1981, is a 649-page book for readers who prefer to browse by the experience of a story, not only by its sales category. Its strongest discovery signals include Mountain Men Nonfiction.
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- Print ISBN
- 978-0-803-26061-0
- Published
- 1981
- Pages
- 649
