Throne of grace [large print] : a mountain man, an epic adventure, and the bloody conquest of the American West

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Title:

Author:

Drury, Bob, author.

Added Author:

Clavin, Tom, 1954- author.

Series:

Thorndike Press large print nonfiction

Thorndike Press large print nonfiction series.

Edition:

Large print edition.

Publication Date:

2024

Publication Information:

[Waterville, Maine] : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2024.

Physical Description:

605 pages (large print), 18 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

ISBN:

9781420513585

Abstract:

"It is the early 19th century, and the land recently purchased by President Thomas Jefferson stretches west for thousands of miles. This is the setting of Throne of Grace, and the guide to this epic narrative is arguably America's greatest yet most unsung pathfinder, Jedediah Smith. His explorations on both sides of the Rocky Mountains and all the way to the West Coast would become the stuff of legend. Thanks to painstaking research and riveting writing, Throne of Grace is a gripping yarn that introduces one of the great explorers in American history"-- Back cover.

Contents:

Prologue -- Part I: The hunter. "Enterprising young men" ; Astor's folly ; The horse and the gun ; Shipwreck ; Hivernants ; A bloodstained beach ; The Missouri legion -- Part II: The pass. Les mauvais terres ; Glass ; South Pass ; The survivor ; Dead men walking ; Flathead post ; "A sly, cunning Yankey" ; "Shetskedee" ; Guns along the Bear ; "Randavouze Creek" -- Part III: The odyssey. Eastern stirrings ; "A country of starvation" ; A Spanish inquisition ; Dreams of cooling cascades ; Dueling warpaths ; Bloody Oregon ; Fort Vancouver ; "A throne of grace" ; The last trailhead ; "Where his bones are bleaching" -- Epilogue.

Personal Subject:

Smith, Jedediah Strong, 1799-1831.

Subject Term:

Explorers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography.

Fur trade -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.

Overland journeys to the Pacific.

Geographic Term:

West (U.S.) -- Discovery and exploration.

West (U.S.) -- History -- To 1848.

Genre:

Large print books.

Biographies.