num_pages: 392
description: The author of The Lance and the Shield describes how the trails of the West were carved out by a group of hunters and traders, known as mountain men, who came to know the land and, in turn, became valuable guides for the missionaries and the settlers who followed them. 20,000 first printing.
language: English
title: A Life Wild and Perilous: Mountain Men and the Paths to the Pacific
titlecomplete: A Life Wild and Perilous: Mountain Men and the Paths to the Pacific
genres: Biography, Geography, Adventure, The United States Of America, Westerns, Nonfiction, American History, History
ratings_count: 282
publisher: Henry Holt & Co