Gloomy terrors and hidden fires : the mystery of John Colter and Yellowstone / Ronald M. Anglin and Larry E. Morris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anglin, Ron, author.

Morris, Larry E., 1951- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Colter, John, approximately 1775-1813.

Colter, John.

Explorers--West (U.S.)--Biography.

Explorers.

West (U.S.)--Discovery and exploration.

West (U.S.).

Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.).

Frontier and pioneer life.

Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806).

Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xi, 243 pages,13 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2014]

Contents:

"Off he started with the speed of the wind": Colter's Run

"One of the survivors, of the name of Coulter": searching for Colter's roots

"In quest of the country of Kentucke": John Colter and the legacy of Daniel Boone

"Colter came running along the shore": the encounter with the Lakota Sioux

"Colter had just arrived with a letter from Capt. Clark": perilous rivers and mountains

"Colter expressed a desire to join some trappers": the partnership with Dickson and Hancock

"Unruly hands to manage": up the Missouri with Lisa

"Gloomy terrors and hidden fires": the mystery of Colter's route

"In the midst of an unbounded wilderness": Washington Irving and the Legend of Colter's Run

"We all now became blind": west with Menard and Henry

"He reluctantly took leave of us": surviving in civilization

"As fine a body of hardy woodsmen as ever took the field": Colter's final days.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781442226005

1442226005

OCLC:

875644711