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  1. M

    Jeremiah/Liver Eating Johnson

    John Johnson was a real person. But like many of the people we know of in the west; he was different than we think he was. There is a new book that came out on him within the last 6-8 months that will rock the world with information on the real Jeremiah Johnson - The Avenging Fury of the Plains...
  2. M

    best mountain man book of all time?

    Don, Fiction - either Win Blevin's Charbonneau or George Ruxton's Life in the Far West. There are many good ones: Terry Johnson's set, Bunker and Thorp's Jeremiah Johnson... non-fiction - Wow!, depends on what you like. Rufus Sage's Rocky Mountain Life, is good, a little known one is...
  3. M

    Pre 1840 ?

    Goldenage, By limiting to flintlocks, it is just a simple way to keep firearms authenic to the peroid. People like stuff simple, brief and easy to understand and by making rules like this one it is as clear cut as it can be. The bad side is that by doing so, they limit the education and...
  4. M

    Packbaskets

    Kansas Volunteer, I have references to three or four times that Whites in the early west improvised some form of packs to carry equipment in. None of the journals say how these "packs" looked or what they were made of. They were made on the spot with what I guess was native materials and...
  5. M

    Snakes in a Bedroll

    I have had two snakes in my bedroll over the years. One small garter thought my hip hole was the perfect spot for a afternoon nap - a surprise but nothing big. The other was a long, heavy one that crawled under my outer canvas, but on top of my wool blankets when camped on the Upper Missouri...
  6. M

    Mountain Man Journal

    The three I have out are: Heroes to Me Rocky Mountain Album Life in the Early West They can be found at alot of fur trade museums and historical parks in the intermountain region, or by contacting me off line. Bent's Fort, Fort Laramie, Museum of the Mountain Man, different books stores in...
  7. M

    Mountain Man Journal

    Gray Wolf, Yes, anyone can get a copy from me, I have them for people at book signings, lectures and conventions. The only difference is that they come personalized. No, not seen any more about old Bill, but am still looking. I hope the snow does not melt too fast and early for you. It...
  8. M

    Mountain Man Journal

    Gray Wolf, Thanks for the book commerical. I turned in my fourth book this last November, so I hope to see it out sometime soon. It will continue the topical studies that the first and third had in it. And I agree with you on the recreating, but that is what you get when a Jewish woman...
  9. M

    Mountain Man Journal

    A good standard for the fur trade.
  10. M

    Jedidiah Smith Documentary

    Sparky, Yup. And used two minutes of my fifteen minutes of fame doing it. It is always strange when you get a call around 9:00 at night and a lady introduces herself as being with Indio Films and my name came up in Hollywood as knowing a little about history. You get off the phone twenty...
  11. M

    Jedidiah Smith Documentary

    Glad to hear you guys like it. It was a interesting experence to be a part of that and my friends started kidding me that I have really made it - I am on reruns internationally! Jed Smith is a good, complex historical character in the west, so it was not hard for all of us to find things to say...
  12. M

    Just recieved new book

    What lead up to the battle with Ashley's men was a series of encounters with the Missouri Fur Compamy. First, the company bypassed them and had a trading post upriver from them and cut the tribe out of the position as a middle man in trading and having control of all goods going up river to the...
  13. M

    Just recieved new book

    very good book, will give alot of information (but not too much to be boring)- on all the rendezvous, what happened a each, any special events at them.... well recommended! mike.
  14. M

    Traditional Muzzleloader magazines?

    Check out On The Trail. They have staff writer for all the different time frames, color pictures, and a respected staff. ottmagazine.com
  15. M

    Terry C. Johnston

    Yes, Terry had some good books out, I read most of them and enjoyed the ones I read. I think he had close to 30 out on the mountain men, Indian wars, western military, Custer... But it was the first trilogy he did on the mountain man that gave him his first book contracts and led to the...
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