19 must-read nonfiction books like Adventures of a Mountain Man: The Narrative of Zenas Leonard by Zenas Leonard

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Adventures of a Mountain Man: The Narrative of Zenas Leonard

By: Zenas Leonard

3.95

Format: 98 pages, Kindle Edition

In the spring of 1830, Leonard, a native of Clearfield, Pennsylvania embarked on an expedition acro…

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1. Six Years With the Texas Rangers: 1875-1881

By: James B. Gillett

4.14

Format: 171 pages, Kindle Edition

Texas in the nineteenth century was a dangerous place. The Texas Rangers were there to keep people … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth: Mountaineer, Scout, and Pioneer, and Chief of the Crow Nation of Indians by James P. Beckwourth

2. The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth: Mountaineer, Scout, and Pioneer, and Chief of the Crow Nation of Indians

By: James P. Beckwourth

4.16

Format: 347 pages,

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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3. A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison

By: James E. Seaver

4.03

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Mary Jemison was one of the most famous white captives who, after being captured by Indians, chose … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction

4. Rising Wolf, the White Blackfoot: Hugh Monroe's Story of His First Year on the Plains (1919)

By: James Willard Schultz

4.23

Format: 343 pages,

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction

5. Adventures of the First Settlers on the Oregon or Columbia River, 1810-1813

By: None

3.43

Format: 64 pages,

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6. Three Years in the Klondike (1904)

By: Jeremiah Lynch

3.00

Format: 282 pages,

Jeremiah Lynch was a businessman (and former San Francisco politician) who went to the Klondike in … read more

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7. The Diary of a Forty-Niner

By: Chauncey L. Canfield

4.00

Format: 96 pages, Kindle Edition

1849, California. The Gold Rush had begun. 300,000 gold-seekers left their homes, grabbed what they… read more

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8. Across The Plains In 1844

By: None , None

3.85

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Catherine Sager's story is among the most gripping firsthand accounts of life in the American west … read more

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9. Night of the Coyote (The Coyote Saga, #1)

By: Ron Schwab

4.46

Format: 316 pages, Paperback

As an army scout, Ethan Ramsey was called “Puma” by the Sioux Indians because of his stealth in hun… read more

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10. Early Times in Texas; or, The Adventures of Jack Dobell

By: John Crittenden Duval

4.00

Format: 360 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1835 the Republic of Mexico rebelled against the Mexican Republic. Young men, like John C. Duva… read more

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  • history
Cover of Nine Years Among the Indians, 1870-1879: The Story of the Captivity and Life of a Texan Among the Indians by Herman Lehmann

11. Nine Years Among the Indians, 1870-1879: The Story of the Captivity and Life of a Texan Among the Indians

By: Herman Lehmann

4.17

Format: 115 pages, Kindle Edition

"Lehmann's memoir is quite fantastic-sounding at times, but is regarded as one of the best of that … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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12. The Adventures of Big-Foot Wallace: The Texas Ranger and Hunter

By: John Crittenden Duval

3.85

Format: 216 pages, Kindle Edition

At six foot two inches and two hundred and forty pounds, Big-Foot Wallace cut a formidable figure a… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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13. Fifty Years On The Trail: The True Story of John Y. Nelson, Frontiersman, Scout, and Guide

By: John Nelson

4.34

Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition

Frontiersman, military scout, interpreter, guide, police chief, and saloon owner; John Young Nelson… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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14. My Sixty Years on the Plains: Trapping, Trading, and Indian Fighting

By: William Thomas Hamilton

4.17

Format: 98 pages, Kindle Edition

Of course I knew how to scalp, and soon accomplished the feat, much to his satisfaction, for he sai… read more

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  • travel
  • history
  • nonfiction
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15. Narrative of My Captivity Among the Sioux Indians

By: Fanny Kelly

3.87

Format: 170 pages, Kindle Edition

“I was a member of a small company of emigrants, who were attacked by an overwhelming force of host… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"Experience is a great teacher, and we were then in her school, and learned that while hope offers the faintest token of refuge, we pause upon the fearful brink of eternity, and look back for rescue."

-Fanny Kelly, Narrative of My Captivity Among the Sioux Indians

"Mother! what a world of affection is comprised in that single word; how little do we in the giddy round of youthful pleasure and folly heed her wise counsels. How lightly do we look upon that zealous…"

-Fanny Kelly, Narrative of My Captivity Among the Sioux Indians

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16. My Life as an Indian: The Story of a Red Woman and a White Man in the Lodges of the Blackfeet (1907)

By: James Willard Schultz

4.43

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

"A unique picture of Indian life on the plains when there was still warfare between the tribes." -A… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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17. Adventures of a Mountain Man: The Narrative of Zenas Leonard

By: Zenas Leonard

3.95

Format: 98 pages, Kindle Edition

In the spring of 1830, Leonard, a native of Clearfield, Pennsylvania embarked on an expedition acro… read more

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  • travel
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of By Ox Team to California: Crossing the Plains in 1860 by Lavinia Honeyman Porter

18. By Ox Team to California: Crossing the Plains in 1860

By: Lavinia Honeyman Porter

4.21

Format: 107 pages, Kindle Edition

“We then determined to use the small remnant of our fortune to provide a suitable outfit for a leng… read more

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  • travel
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Journal Of A Trapper: Nine Years in the Rocky Mountains, 1834-1843 by Osborne Russell

19. Journal Of A Trapper: Nine Years in the Rocky Mountains, 1834-1843

By: Osborne Russell

3.83

Format: 167 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1834, Osborne Russell joined an expedition from Boston, under the direction of Nathaniel J. Wyet… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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20. Left by the Indians

By: Ethan E. Harris

3.75

Format: 30 pages, Kindle Edition

This is a first-hand account one of the worst wagon train massacres in the Old West. After 45 days … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"They were mounted on horses and were to go ahead and clear the way for us to follow with our wagons. But instead of doing so, the discharged soldiers put spurs to the horses, which belonged to Mr. Va…"

-Ethan E. Harris, Left by the Indians

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21. Project Omega: Eye of the Beast: SOG: My Tour

By: James Acre

4.49

Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition

This is the Kindle edition of my book, published in 1999, and now out of print. It is my memoir of … read more

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22. The Personal Narrative of James O. Pattie of Kentucky

By: James Ohio Pattie

4.14

Format: 207 pages, Kindle Edition

James O. Pattie’s Personal Narrative is a prime source for the history of the Southwest during the … read more

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  • history
Cover of Four Years in the Rockies -- the Adventures of Isaac P. Rose--Hunter and Trapper in that Remote Region (1884) by James B. Marsh

23. Four Years in the Rockies -- the Adventures of Isaac P. Rose--Hunter and Trapper in that Remote Region (1884)

By: James B. Marsh

3.82

Format: 266 pages, Kindle Edition

"The hunters and trappers of the far west were a brave, hardy and adventurous set of men, and they … read more

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  • travel
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Infantry Life: Vietnam's Central Highlands, 1966 - 1967 by Dennis M Witt

24. Infantry Life: Vietnam's Central Highlands, 1966 - 1967

By: Dennis M Witt

4.31

Format: 325 pages, Kindle Edition

Firefights, mortar attacks, and friendly fire were all part of the experiences of an infantryman in… read more

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Cover of Cain's Justice: A Classic Western Adventure (Lucas Cain Book 4) by Robert Vaughan

25. Cain's Justice: A Classic Western Adventure (Lucas Cain Book 4)

By: Robert Vaughan

4.51

Format: 237 pages, Kindle Edition

From bestselling author Robert Vaughan comes a gripping tale of Western justice in the latest chapt… read more

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26. The Great Divide: A Mountain Man Frontier Adventure (The Frontier Book 2)

By: Leroy A. Peters

4.39

Format: 129 pages, Kindle Edition

A brand new Mountain Man adventure sequel from Leroy A. Peters!The year is 1813. 19-year-old mounta… read more

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Cover of Indian Depredations in Texas by J.W. Wilbarger

27. Indian Depredations in Texas

By: J.W. Wilbarger

4.17

Format: 594 pages, Kindle Edition

"This volume is the most thorough compilation of accounts of Indian warfare in the Texas 19th centu… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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28. A Hunter's Wanderings in Africa

By: Frederick Courteney Selous

4.14

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

Frederick Courteney Selous 1851 – 1917 was a British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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29. The Gold Hunters: A First-Hand Picture of Life in California Mining Camps in the Early Fifties

By: John David Borthwick

3.97

Format: 232 pages, Kindle Edition

“I do not know of another story by an actual miner that is so well written and so true to that wond… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Forty Years a Fur Trader On the Upper Missouri: The Personal Narrative of Charles Larpenteur, 1833-1872 by Charles Larpenteur

30. Forty Years a Fur Trader On the Upper Missouri: The Personal Narrative of Charles Larpenteur, 1833-1872

By: Charles Larpenteur

3.98

Format: 169 pages, Kindle Edition

"The life-record kept by Charles Larpenteur is one of our most important sources of information con… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Face Of The Sun (The Frontier Book 1) by Leroy A. Peters

31. Face Of The Sun (The Frontier Book 1)

By: Leroy A. Peters

4.46

Format: 153 pages, Kindle Edition

A brand new Mountain Man adventure from Leroy A. Peters!When Lazarus' mountain man uncle comes east… read more

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21 best-selling history books like Adventures of a Mountain Man: The Narrative of Zenas Leonard by Zenas Leonard

Transform Your Habits

Six Years With the Texas Rangers: 1875-1881

James B. Gillett

4.14

Transform Your Habits

The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth: Mountaineer, Scout, and Pioneer, and Chief of the Crow Nation of Indians

James P. Beckwourth

4.16

Transform Your Habits

A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison

James E. Seaver

4.03

Rising Wolf, the White Blackfoot: Hugh Monroe's Story of His First Year on the Plains (1919)

James Willard Schultz

4.23

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21 must-read history books like My Sixty Years on the Plains: Trapping, Trading, and Indian Fighting by William Thomas Hamilton

Transform Your Habits

Six Years With the Texas Rangers: 1875-1881

James B. Gillett

4.14

Transform Your Habits

The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth: Mountaineer, Scout, and Pioneer, and Chief of the Crow Nation of Indians

James P. Beckwourth

4.16

Rising Wolf, the White Blackfoot: Hugh Monroe's Story of His First Year on the Plains (1919)

James Willard Schultz

4.23

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American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon

Steven Rinella

3.50

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