Autobiography by William Thomas Hamilton one of the legendary Mountain Men who explored and settled the Louisiana Purchase which he published in 1905. He began his exploits in 1842as a fur trapper and later Army Scout assisted by his extraordinary skills in Indian sign language.
Here’s the NLS annotation:
My sixty years on the plains: trapping, trading, and Indian fighting DB20468
Hamilton, W. T, (William Thomas); Sieber, E. T. Reading time: 4 hours, 44 minutes.
Read by Art Metzler.
U.S. History
Straightforward account of the author’s experiences as a mountaineer. First published in 1905. Classics of the Old West.