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Adventures of a Mountain Man
- The Narrative of Zenas Leonard
- Narrated by: Clay Lomakayu
- Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
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Publisher's Summary
An accurate and personal record from one of America's first breed of mountain men, giving a detailed description of many the lands he passed through and the habits and character of the various tribes encountered.
Seventy men left St. Louis in the Spring of 1831 on an expedition to the Rocky Mountains for the purpose of trapping for Furs, and trading with the Indians. Zenas Leonard from the state of PA. was one of these men. These are his detailed observations and his struggle to come back from it still alive.