Jemmy Jock Bird: Marginal Man on the Blackfoot Frontier (New)

by John C. Jackson

Jemmy Jock Bird, the son of a Cree woman and an English trader employed by the Hudson's Bay Company, has become part of the mythology of the mountain man era. In this creative non-fiction account, Jackson meticulously reconstructs the life of this intriguing individual who was caught between opposing sides of a dual M tis heritage.

Closely identified with the Cree and the Peigan, Bird's trading activities and undercover work as a "confidential...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1552381110
• ISBN13: 9781552381113
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: University of Calgary Press
• Length: 205 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.1"