Recommended Reading

Below is a list of books (in no particular order) that we have enjoyed and found useful. We do not currently sell any books, but these are all linked to amazon.com for your convenience.

Mountaineer Research & Journals

Journal of a Trapper: In the Rocky Mountains Between 1834 and 1843, Osborne Russell
Edward Warren, William Drummond Stewart
Wah-to-yah & the Taos Trail, Lewis H. Garrard
Rocky Mountain Life, Rufus B. Sage
Narrative of the Adventures of Zenas Leonard
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, Washington Irving
Life in the Rocky Mountains, Warren Angus Ferris
Life in the Far West, George F. Ruxton
Forty Years a Fur Trader on the Upper Missouri, Charles Larpenteur
American Frontier Life: Early Western Painting and Prints
The West of Alfred Jacob Miller, Marvin C. Ross
The 1837 Sketchbook of the Western Fur Trade, Rex Allen Norman
Mountain Man Sketchbook, Vol 1 & 2
Firearms, Traps, and Tools of the Mountain Men, Carl P. Russell
The Hawken Rifle: Its Place in History, Charles E. Hanson Jr.
UMO Cayuse Handbook
Book of Buckskinning I
Book of Buckskinning II
Book of Buckskinning III
Book of Buckskinning IV
Book of Buckskinning V
Book of Buckskinning VI
Book of Buckskinning VII
Book of Buckskinning VIII

Native American Research & Crafts

Karl Bodmer's America
Travels in the Interiors of North America 1832-1834, Prince Maximilian of Wied
The Way to Independence: Memories of a Hidatsa Indian Family, Carolyn Gilman & Mary Jane Schneider
The horse and the dog in Hidatsa culture, Gilbert Wilson
Ishi in Two Worlds: A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America, Theodora Kroeber
Blackfeet Crafts, John C. Ewers
Plains Indian Painting, John C. Ewers
Native American Beadwork, Georg J. Barth
A Quillwork Companion, Jean Heinbuch
A Beadwork Companion, Jean Heinbuch
The American Indian Parfleche: A Tradition of Abstract Painting, Gaylord Torrence

Braintanning

Deerskins Into Buckskins, Matt Richards
Wet-Scrape Braintanned Buckskin, Edholm & Wilder
Blue Mountain Buckskin, Jim Riggs

Some of these books are out of print or hard to find. If so, you might want to check out abebooks.com, bookfinder.com, or even eBay. Often times you can locate hard to find books there for a good price. Another option that shouldn't be forgotten is that your local library may be able to get it for you through the inter-library loan system.