{"title":"Osborne Russell","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"osborne-russells-journal-of-a-trapper-edited-from-the-original-manuscript-in-the-william-robertson-coe-collection-of-western-americana-in-the-yale-paperback","title":"Osborne Russell's Journal of a Trapper:: Edited from the Original Manuscript in the William Robertson Coe Collection of Western Americana in the Yale - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Reader, if you are in search of a Classical and Scientific tourist, please to lay this Volume down, and pass on, for this simply informs you what a Trapper has seen and experienced. But if you wish to peruse a Hunter's rambles among the wild regions of the Rocky Mountains, please to read this and forgive the authors foibles and imperfections, considering as you pass along that he has been chiefly educated in Nature's School under that rigid tutor experience. . . .\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in a little Maine village in 1814, Osborne Russell ran away to sea at the age of sixteen, but he soon gave up seafaring to serve with a trading and trapping company in Wisconsin and Minnesota. In 1834 he signed up for Nathaniel Wyeth's expedition to the Rocky Mountains and the mouth of the Columbia. Subsequently he joined Jim Bridger's brigade of old Rocky Mountain Fur Company men, continuing with them after a merger that left the American Fur Company in control of the trade. When the fur trade declined, he became a free trapper operating out of Fort Hall, staying in the mountains until the great Westward migration began.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOsborne Russell's journal covering the years 1834 to 1843 is, in the words of editor Aubrey L. Haines, \"perhaps the best account of the fur trapper in the Rocky Mountains when the trade there was at its peak. It is a factual, unembellished narrative written by one who was not only a trapper but also a keen observer and an able writer.\" Edited from the original manuscript and originally printed in a limited edition of 750 copies, this classic piece of Western Americana is now available to the general public.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Reader, if you are in search of a Classical and Scientific tourist, please to lay this Volume down, and pass on, for this simply informs you what a Trapper has seen and experienced. But if you wish to peruse a Hunter's rambles among the wild regions of the Rocky Mountains, please to read this and forgive the authors foibles and imperfections, considering as you pass along that he has been chiefly educated in Nature's School under that rigid tutor experience..'\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51366145229023,"sku":"9780803251663","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/M-QawEiOB9780803251663.webp?v=1789084423"},{"product_id":"journal-of-a-trapper-a-firsthand-chronicle-of-frontier-survival-in-the-rocky-mountains-paperback","title":"Journal of a Trapper: A Firsthand Chronicle of Frontier Survival in the Rocky Mountains - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Firsthand Chronicle of Frontier Survival and Wilderness Adventure\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJournal of a Trapper\u003c\/em\u003e by Osborne Russell offers a rare and unfiltered look into the life of a 19th-century fur trapper navigating the wilds of the Rocky Mountains. Written between 1834 and 1843, this journal captures the day-to-day struggles, triumphs, and dangers faced by one of America's true mountain men.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnlike secondhand tales of the frontier, Russell's journal places readers in the saddle, surrounded by grizzlies, snow-capped peaks, hostile encounters, and the raw freedom of the untamed West.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAuthentic and unedited frontier diary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClean modern formatting for ease of reading\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePerfect for lovers of Western history, survival stories, and early American exploration\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA valuable resource for homeschoolers, reenactors, and wilderness educators\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside you'll read about: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHunting and trapping beaver in remote mountain terrain\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinter survival without shelter or supplies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLife among Native American tribes and trappers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrizzly bear attacks, starvation, and frontier justice\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51368755691743,"sku":"9781667306124","price":15.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/hlB677rANv9781667306124.webp?v=1789132357"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/osborne-russell.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}