A first-hand account of the West's most renowned period-the North American fur trade. Step into the untamed world of Joe Meek, a legendary figure of the West's trapper era. Born in rural Virginia in 1810, Meek's journey begins in St. Louis at the age of eighteen, where he embarks on a thrilling career in the fur trade. As a member of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company, Meek finds himself among the...