Free Men: One Trapper's Personal Account of Two More Years in the Rocky Mountain Fur Trade 1824 1826 (Temple Buck Quartet)

The second novel of the Temple Buck Quartet, this volume chronicles the exploits of Temple Buck and his rowdy trapper companions in the American Mountain fur trade from 1824 to 1826. The group push even farther west in their quest for beaver pelts, exploring new country and encountering fresh adventures, with some of them welcome and others not at all. The heavily researched tale, told in Temple’s own words, blends historical and fictional characters against a colorful backdrop of actual events flavored with gory battles against hostile Indians, humor, and romance, culminating in his disappointing return to his Ohio birthplace.