Jim Beckwourth: Black Mountain Man and War Chief of the Crows

by Elinor Wilson

Book Overview

Dismissed as a "gaudy liar" by most historians and often discredited by writers who deprecated his mixed blood, James Pierson Beckwourth was one of the giants of the early West, certainly deserving to rank alongside Kit Carson, Bill Williams, Louis Vasquez, and Jim Bridger.

Sometime around 1800 James Beckwourth was born a slave in Frederick County, Virginia, the natural son of Sir Jennings Beckwith and a slave girl. In 1810 Sir Jennings...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806115556
• ISBN13: 9780806115559
• Release Date: December 1980
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.4"