Mountain Man: John Colter, the Lewis & Clark Expedition, and the Call of the American West (American Grit)

Mountain Man: John Colter, the Lewis & Clark Expedition, and the Call of the American West (American Grit)

In 1804, John Colter set out with Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on the first U.S. expedition to traverse the North American continent. During the twenty-eight month ordeal, Colter served as a hun…

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