Jedediah Smith
Subtitle: no ordinary mountain man
By: by Barton H. Barbour.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Norman
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780806140117
Subjects: Smith, Jedediah Strong, -- 1799-1831; Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography; Explorers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography; Trappers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography; Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.); West (U.S.) -- Discovery and exploration; West (U.S.) -- History -- To 1848; West (U.S.) -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Jedediah Smith's background; title: Bitter lessons; title: Ashley & Smith; title: The Southwest expedition; title: Jedediah Smith and the Californios; title: The folly of men in power; title: The Northwest expedition from California to the Umpqua River; title: From the Umpqua massacre to the end of the trail; title: Epilogue. The things of time : an assessment of Jedediah Smith; title: Appendix A. Accounts of Smith's death; title: Appendix B. Smith's probate records.