Gregson, Susan R.

James Beckwourth : mountaineer, scout and pioneer / by Susan R. Gregson. - Minneapolis, MN : Compass Point Books, 2006. - 112 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 24 cm. - Signature lives : American frontier era .

Includes index and glossary.

Includes bibliographic references.

Friend or foe? -- Child of the wild -- Free man, mountain man -- Spin it out in the firelight -- Crow warrior and chief -- The Seminole wars -- Once more a trader -- Discovering the Beckwourth Pass -- The Sunset Trail.

A biography profiling the life of James Beckwourth, an African American man whose sense of adventure led the way to westward expansion of the United States. Includes source notes and timeline.

5-7 5-7 1000L Lexile



0756510007 $34.60

2005003258


Beckwourth, James Pierson, 1798-1866.


Frontier and pioneer life.
African Americans--Biography.

F592.B393

978/.02/092 B / Beckwourth

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