{"product_id":"2940169724202","title":"My Sixty Years on the Plains: Trapping, Trading, and Indian Fighting","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1842, following the doctor's orders for a change of climate, William Thomas Hamilton found himself accompanying a party of trappers on a yearlong expedition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeading into the wild, Hamilton would prove himself to be a fast learner, as adept with a firearm as with sign language: this early experience would be the making of him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the nineteenth century progressed, along with many other trappers, Hamilton found himself drawn into the Indian Wars brought about by territorial expansion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExploring, trapping, trading, and fighting, Hamilton shows how every aspect of a mountain man's life relied on his wits and knowledge in order survive the inhospitable environments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1905, when the experiences of such pushing, adventurous, and fearless men were becoming a thing of the past, Hamilton's unassuming memoir relates an extraordinary life in a disappearing American West.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47114616406256,"sku":"2940169724202","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169724202_p0.jpg?v=1769899330","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169724202","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}