Broken-Hand Fitzpatrick, greatest of mountain men.
Publisher: J. Messner
Published: 1961
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
Subjects: Fitzpatrick, Thomas, 1799-1854 -- Juvenile literature; Fitzpatrick, Thomas, 1799-1854; Explorers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Trappers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Juvenile literature
Description: A biography of an Irish immigrant who left a clerking job in New York City to join a Missouri River expedition and, as a trapper and trailblazer discovered the South Pass through the Rockies, befriended the Arapahoes, and helped settle the West.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 183-184.