Western Frontiersmen Series

About the Series
Biographies of the pioneers, explorers, and important early settlers in the West are collected in this ongoing series. Including many award-winning studies, the manuscripts that are included are selected on the basis of their original contributions to our understanding of the Western experience, the depth of their research, the skill of the author’s presentation. From mountain man Jedediah Smith, to lawman Bill Tilghman, to Mormon pioneer John D. Lee, these are books of unique figures from the frontier.Showing results 1-9 of 9
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Horace Plunkett in America
An Irish Aristocrat on the Wyoming Range
This Far-Off Wild Land
The Upper Missouri Letters of Andrew Dawson
Forging a Fur Empire
Expeditions in the Snake River Country, 1809–1824
John Bidwell and California
The Life and Writings of a Pioneer, 1841–1900
Asa Shinn Mercer
Western Promoter and Newspaperman, 1839–1917
John Clay, Jr.
Commission Man, Banker and Rancher
Adventurers and Prophets
American Autobiographers in Mexican California, 1829–1847
