A rendezvous reader
Subtitle: tall, tangled, and true tales of the mountain men, 1805-1850
By: edited by James H. Maguire, Peter Wild, and Donald A. Barclay.
Contributors: Maguire, James H.; Wild, Peter, 1940-; Barclay, Donald A.
Publisher: University of Utah Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Salt Lake City
Language: eng
Number of pages: 348
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Sources.; Fur trade -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.; Fur traders -- West (U.S.) -- Biography.; Trappers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography.; Fur traders' writings, American.; Trappers' writings, American.; West (U.S.) -- History -- To 1848 -- Sources.; West (U.S.) -- History -- 1848-1860 -- Sources.
Description: The accounts of the mountain men are spun from the experiences of a nation moving westward: a trapper returns from the dead; hunters feast on buffalo intestines served on a dirty blanket; a missionary woman is astounded by the violence and vulgarity of the trappers' rendezvous. These are just a few of the narratives, tall tales, and lies that make up A Rendezvous Reader.

The writers represented in this book include dyed-in-the-wool trappers, adventuring European nobles, upward-gazing Eastern missionaries, and just plain hacks who never unsheathed a Green River knife or traveled farther west than the Ohio River. What these writers have in common is that all helped create a uniquely American icon - the mountain man.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-337) and index.