This is the biography of one of the greatest of the Mountain Men who went west from St. Louis to carve a living from the wilderness. Jim Bridger could neither read nor write. His only assets were his bravery, his "possible sack", and his determination to make a fortune with the Mountain Men.

This is a real life adventure story — of beaver trapping, of war with the Indians, of the Oregon Trail, and the discovery of the geysers of what is now Yellowstone National Park. Here is the incredible tale of Jim's friend and teacher, Hugh Glass who was mauled by a grizzly bear, left for dead, and who crawled ninety miles through hostile Indian territory to safety.

Mrs. Garst, with the collaboration of her son, Warren Garst, writes with skill and drama of the days when beaver plews were valuable as gold. She tells of Jim's restlessness when settlers came through the Mountain country along the Oregon Trail. Then Jim Bridger became a guide. He led United States soldiers against warring Indians, and founded his own trading post, Fort Bridger.

From the dust jacket