Joe Meek: The Merry Mountain Man, A Biography

Joe Meek: The Merry Mountain Man, A Biography
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"A tall man, with long black hair, smooth face, dark eyes (inclining to turn his head a little to one side, as much as to say, 'I can tell you about it'), a harum-scarum, don't-care sort of man, full of life and fun." That's how a contemporary described Joe Meek." Born in Virginia, Joe Meek became a trapper, Indian fighter, pioneer, peace officer, frontier politician, and lover of practical jokes and Jacksonian democracy. He was a boon companion to two other larger-than-life mountain men, Kit Carson and Jim Bridger, and just as important in frontier history. In 1829, our nineteen-year-old hero joined the Rocky Mountain Fur Company of Jedediah Smith and the Sublettes and headed west on an odyssey of hair-raising high adventure and hilarious low comedy. For the next twelve years, the Rockies rang with tales of Joe's wild exploits. After the Last Rendezvous in 1840, he helped drive the first wagons to Oregon, served in the legislature of the provisional government, and went to Washington as a special envoy to President Polk. He later returned to Oregon to live out his days in the community that he helped build. Stanley Vestal (1887-1957) wrote more than twenty books, including Jim Bridger: Mountain Man, also available as a Bison Book.
Country USA
Brand Bison
Manufacturer Bison Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780803252066
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780803252066
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Bison
Manufacturer	Bison Books
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780803252066
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780803252066
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Joe Meek: The Merry Mountain Man, A Biography

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