9780803252066-0803252064-Joe Meek: The Merry Mountain Man, A Biography

Joe Meek: The Merry Mountain Man, A Biography

ISBN-13: 9780803252066
ISBN-10: 0803252064
Edition: Bison Book
Author: Stanley Vestal
Publication date: 1963
Publisher: Bison Books
Format: Paperback 349 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780803252066
ISBN-10: 0803252064
Edition: Bison Book
Author: Stanley Vestal
Publication date: 1963
Publisher: Bison Books
Format: Paperback 349 pages

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Joe Meek: The Merry Mountain Man, A Biography (ISBN-13: 9780803252066 and ISBN-10: 0803252064), written by authors Stanley Vestal, was published by Bison Books in 1963. With an overall rating of 3.7 stars, it's a notable title among other United States (Historical, United States History, Military History) books. You can easily purchase or rent Joe Meek: The Merry Mountain Man, A Biography (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used United States books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.32.

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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.

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