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The Mystery of John Colter – The Man Who Discovered Yellowstone
“Historians have a difficult enough task writing about people who lived hundreds of years ago, when reliable first-person sources may be scarce. So imagine the challenge of writing about John Colter, who did not leave behind a single written document…This is the first biography attempted on the elusive Colter, and it’s fascinating….as you might expect.”
– Cowboys and Indians
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The Mystery of John Colter – The Man Who Discovered Yellowstone
From the first account of “Colter’s Run,” published in 1810, fascination with John Colter, one of America’s most famous and yet least known frontiersmen and discoverer of Yellowstone Park, has never waned. Unlike other legends of the era like Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett, and Kit Carson, Colter has remained elusive because he left not a single letter, diary, or reminiscence. Gathering the available evidence and guiding readers through a labyrinth of hearsay, rumor, and myth, two Colter experts for the first time tell the whole story of Colter and his legend.
ISBN – 978-1-4422-6282-9
243 Pages
Softback
6″ x 9″
Rowman & Littlefield, 2014