Description
Jim Beckwourth: Negro Mountain Man
Harold W. Felton — Dodd, Mead & Company, 1966 • First Edition
Binding: Hardcover with original dust jacket, now protected in Brodart Archival covering.
Condition: Near Fine book in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Clean, tight, unmarked pages with mild, even toning from age. Jacket shows light edge wear only and retains strong color. Includes a single gift bookplate from a private school on the front endpaper—this was a donation, not a circulating library copy.
Description: A vivid and meticulously documented biography of Jim Beckwourth (1800–1866), one of the most extraordinary yet underrecognized figures in American frontier history. Born into slavery, Beckwourth rose to prominence as a mountain man, explorer, scout, and leader among the Crow Nation. Felton’s account includes period photographs, prints, and maps, offering a compelling narrative of Beckwourth’s daring life across the Rocky Mountains and the Western frontier. A significant title in African American and Western historical literature.




