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Eleven Years in the Rocky Mountains and Life on the Frontier

Eleven Years in the Rocky Mountains and Life on the Frontier

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Number of Chapters: 41

Length: 13 hours and 39 minutes

Language: English

This lively book follows the adventures of mountain man Joe Meek, from his joining the Rocky Mountain Fur Company trapping expedition in the year 1829 at the young age of 18, through his retirement from public life after serving as Marshall of Oregon Territory. Meek had close connections with many famous people of the era, such as Kit Carson, William and Milton Sublette, Jedediah Smith, Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, Dr. John McLaughlin, Oregon’s Governor Lane, and President James Polk. The author’s information came directly from interviews with Joe himself. She adds to his stories by recounting the surrounding events of the times along the way, providing an interesting way to pick up much information about the history of the Rocky Mountain region and the Oregon Territory. Meek was a tremendously colorful personality who traveled all over the wild west, and had numberless adventures. His endurance of hunger, thirst, exhaustion, and danger was legendary. Whether he was encountering bears, Indians, fellow trappers, missionaries, California gold miners, and even the president of the United States, he tells the story with humor and aplomb. Meek was always lively, often drunk, sometimes heroic, and certainly no saint. - Summary by Carol Pelster

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Introduction (Carol Pelster)
Prefatory Chapter, Part 1 (Carol Pelster)
Prefatory Chapter, Part 2 (Carol Pelster)
Chapter 1 (Carol Pelster)
Chapter 2 (Carol Pelster)
Chapter 3 (Carol Pelster)
Chapter 4 (Carol Pelster)
Chapter 5 (Carol Pelster)
Chapter 6 (Carol Pelster)
Chapter 7 (Carol Pelster)
Chapter 8 (Carol Pelster)
Chapter 9 (Carol Pelster)
Chapter 10 (Carol Pelster)
Chapter 11 (Carol Pelster)
Chapter 12 (Carol Pelster)
Chapter 13 (Carol Pelster)
Chapter 14 (Carol Pelster)
Chapter 15 (Carol Pelster)
Chapter 16 (Carol Pelster)
Chapter 17 (Carol Pelster)
Chapter 18 (Carol Pelster)
Chapter 19 (Carol Pelster)
Chapter 20 (Carol Pelster)
Chapter 21 (Carol Pelster)
Chapter 22 (Carol Pelster)
Chapter 23 (Carol Pelster)
Chapter 24 (Carol Pelster)
Chapter 25 (Carol Pelster)
Chapter 26 (Carol Pelster)
Chapter 27 (Carol Pelster)
Chapter 28 (Carol Pelster)
Chapter 29 (Carol Pelster)
Chapter 30 (Carol Pelster)
Chapter 31 (Carol Pelster)
Chapter 32 (Carol Pelster)
Chapter 33 (Carol Pelster)
Chapter 34 (Carol Pelster)
Chapter 35 (Carol Pelster)
Chapter 36 (Carol Pelster)
Chapter 37 (Carol Pelster)
Chapter 38 (Carol Pelster)
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