Jim Beckwourth: Black Trapper and Indian Chief

by Wyatt Blassingame, Herman Vestal (Illustrator)

Biography of the nineteenth-century hunter, trapper, Indian chief, trader, gold seeker, innkeeper, and rancher who discovered a pass in the Sierra Nevadas which bears his name

Genres: History

80 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1973

About the author

Wyatt Rainey Blassingame was an educator and author who received a Bronze Star for his U.S. Navy service during World War II.

Reviews

[Fredrick Danysh · Rating 3 out of 5]

Many people assume that the mountainmen were Anglos but Jim Beckwourth was a black trapper who married into an Indian tribe.