These journals preserve, in his own homey words, James Clyman's experiences on the plains and in the mountains during the heyday of the American fur trade and d

The journals of James Clyman, a keen, thorough and precise observer of life in the West during the early nineteenth century.

A first-hand account of one of America's most joyful explorers. As a member of Jedediah Smith's first mountain man brigade, James Clyman was there when the Sout

The western fur trade era—a time when trappers and traders endured constant danger from man, beast, and weather—was one of the most colorful periods in Amer