12 must-read biography books like Journal Of A Trapper: Nine Years in the Rocky Mountains, 1834-1843 by Osborne Russell

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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…

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Cover of One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey by None, None, Sam Keith, Richard L. Proenneke

1. One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey

By: None , None , Sam Keith , Richard L. Proenneke

4.35

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

To live in a pristine land unchanged by man...to roam a wilderness through which few other humans h… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
"This country makes a man younger than his birthdays."

-None, One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey

"The more I see as I sit here among the rocks, the more I wonder about what I am not seeing."

-None, One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey

"There is always a sadness about packing. I guess you wonder if where you're going is as good as where you've been."

-None, One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey

"I enjoy working for my heat. I don't just press a button or twist a thermostat dial. I use the big crosscut saw and the axe, and while I'm getting my heat supply I'm working up an appetite that makes…"

-None, One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey

Cover of Meat Eater: Adventures from the Life of an American Hunter by Steven Rinella

2. Meat Eater: Adventures from the Life of an American Hunter

By: Steven Rinella

4.42

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An exploration of humanity’s oldest pursuit and its relevance today  Steven Rinella grew up in Twin… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
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

3. 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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  • american history
  • history
  • memoir
  • westerns
  • nonfiction

4. Mountain Man: John Colter, the Lewis Clark Expedition, and the Call of the American West

By: David Marshall , David Weston Marshall

4.21

Format: 324 pages, Hardcover

In 1804, John Colter set out with Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on the first U.S. expedition t… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • adventure
  • westerns
  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon by Steven Rinella

5. American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon

By: Steven Rinella

3.50

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the host of the Travel Channel's "The Wild Within." A hunt for the American buffalo--an advent… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • history
  • nature

6. American Serengeti: The Last Big Animals of the Great Plains

By: Dan Flores

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Winner of the Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book PrizeAmerica's Great Plains once possess… 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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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

8. 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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  • american history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • history
  • westerns
  • historical
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Adventures of Big-Foot Wallace: The Texas Ranger and Hunter by John Crittenden Duval

9. 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
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • adventure
Cover of Fifty Years On The Trail: The True Story of John Y. Nelson, Frontiersman, Scout, and Guide by John Nelson

10. 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
Cover of My Sixty Years on the Plains: Trapping, Trading, and Indian Fighting by William Thomas  Hamilton

11. 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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  • american history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • history
  • westerns
  • nonfiction
Cover of Narrative of My Captivity Among the Sioux Indians by Fanny Kelly

12. 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
  • biography
  • memoir
  • westerns
  • 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

Cover of 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

13. 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
  • biography
  • memoir
  • westerns
  • historical
  • nonfiction
Cover of Adventures of a Mountain Man: The Narrative of Zenas Leonard by Zenas Leonard

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

15. 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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  • american history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • history
  • westerns
  • historical
  • nonfiction
Cover of Journal Of A Trapper: Nine Years in the Rocky Mountains, 1834-1843 by Osborne Russell

16. 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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  • american history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • history
  • adventure
  • westerns
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
Cover of MeatEater's American History: The Long Hunters (1761-1775) by Steven Rinella

17. MeatEater's American History: The Long Hunters (1761-1775)

By: Steven Rinella

4.34

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Listening time = 6 hours and 3 minutes From the creators of the New York Times bestselling serie… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Left by the Indians by Ethan E. Harris

18. 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

Cover of Life of Tom Horn: Government Scout and Interpreter by Tom Horn

19. Life of Tom Horn: Government Scout and Interpreter

By: Tom Horn

4.20

Format: 219 pages, Kindle Edition

1903. Tom Horn awaits execution for the murder of fourteen-year-old boy. He writes this memoir. Tom… read more

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  • westerns
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of MeatEater's Campfire Stories: Close Calls by Steve Rinella

20. MeatEater's Campfire Stories: Close Calls

By: Steve Rinella

4.32

Format: 6 pages, Audible Audio

* 6 hours * Gather around for campfire stories with the MeatEater crew as they share 16 harrowi… read more

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  • outdoors
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • adventure
Cover of Jim Bridger: Trailblazer of the American West by Jerry Enzler

21. Jim Bridger: Trailblazer of the American West

By: Jerry Enzler

4.41

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition

Even among iconic frontiersmen like John C. Frémont, Kit Carson, and Jedediah Smith, Jim Bridger st… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • westerns
  • historical
  • nonfiction

18 must-read history books like Journal Of A Trapper: Nine Years in the Rocky Mountains, 1834-1843 by Osborne Russell

Transform Your Habits

One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey

None , None , Sam Keith , Richard L. Proenneke

4.35

Transform Your Habits

Meat Eater: Adventures from the Life of an American Hunter

Steven Rinella

4.42

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

Mountain Man: John Colter, the Lewis Clark Expedition, and the Call of the American West

David Marshall , David Weston Marshall

4.21

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18 best-selling audiobook books like MeatEater's Campfire Stories: Close Calls by Steve Rinella

Transform Your Habits

Alone Against the North: An Expedition into the Unknown

Adam Shoalts

3.93

Transform Your Habits

One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey

None , None , Sam Keith , Richard L. Proenneke

4.35

Transform Your Habits

Meat Eater: Adventures from the Life of an American Hunter

Steven Rinella

4.42

Transform Your Habits

Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History

Dan Flores

3.41

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