The Splendid Wayfaring
Gelesen von Phil Schempf
John Neihardt
(4,433 Sterne; 75 Bewertungen)
Quote:
"In the following pages I have told the story of that body of adventurers who, from 1822 to 1829, opened the way for the expansion of our nation beyond the Missouri. I have made Jedediah Smith the central figure of my story, for of all explorers of the Great West he was in many ways the most remarkable, though, heretofore, our school children have not even heard his name. In order to give the student a sense of the continuity of history, I have begun my narrative with a brief account of the movement across the Alleghenies and down the Ohio River after the Revolutionary War; and I have suggested the relation of westward expansion in America to the whole race movement from the beginning."
(from the preface) (6 hr 45 min)
Chapters
Bewertungen
A special breed of men
Chalood
(5 Sterne)
well written and told account of a hard life and time
Tales of the toughest bravest men ever. A perfect book.
null
(5 Sterne)
Vern
(4 Sterne)
reader was excellent. mostly rambling history.
Al M.
(5 Sterne)
Great and interesting book. I love how it fills in some of the fur, trapping and hide hunter info I have always been interested in. Excellent reader too!
excellent adventure!
Uncle Ell Weisgal
(5 Sterne)
well read! great story. things I never knew!