George Drouillard: Hunter and Interpreter for Lewis and Clark and Fur Trader, 1807-1810

by M.O. Skarsten and Robert C. Carriker

Book Overview

George Drouillard's service to the Lewis and Clark Expedition was long obscured by the stronger light cast on the leaders and Sacagawea. Drawing from the various journals of the expedition and from many more obscure documents, letters, and legal records, M. O. Skarsten presents not merely an account of the pursuits in which Drouillard engaged but also an idea of the kind of man he was, as a member of the famous expedition and later as a partner of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803293097
• ISBN13: 9780803293090
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Bison
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Respectable bio

After reading numerous books on the famed Lewis and Clark Expedition, it was a pleasure to gain further understanding of the somewhat mythical and legendary George Drouillard. Not only was he an extremely undaunted individual but also the go-to person for basically every task at hand whether it was with the L & C Expedition or his trapping ventures with Manuel Lisa. Although the author does speculate on several events in Drouillard's life, he nonetheless gets the point across that Drouillard was right there in the upper echelon of mountain men and first frontiersman of the west. Good read.