Title: A rendezvous reader
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.
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life, Fur trade, Fur traders, Fur traders' writings, American, Sources, Trappers, Trappers' writings, American, Biography, History, Mountaineers, Mountain life
Places: West (U.S.)
Time periods: 1848-1860, To 1848, 19th century