Biographical Sketch of James Bridger, Mountaineer, Trapper and Guide

New York: Unz & Company, 1905. 8vo. 27pp. Fold-out illustration of Fort Bridger at title page; 2 other photo-illustrations. Original brown staplebound wraps with black lettering. Minor wear to extremities; cover at lower spine split up to lower staple; short closed tear at upper spine otherwise near fine. The first biography of Bridger by one who personally knew him. James Felix Bridger (1804 - 1881) was an American mountain man, trapper, Army scout, and wilderness guide who explored and trapped in the Western United States in the first half of the 19th century. Bridger was part of the second generation of American mountain men and pathfinders that followed the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1804 and became well known for participating in numerous early expeditions into the western interior as well as mediating between Native American tribes and westward-migrating European-American settlers. By the end of his life, he had earned a reputation as one of the foremost frontiersmen in the American Old West. (Graff 1106; Holliday 304; Howes D392).