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My Sixty Years on the Plains

Trapping, Trading, and Indian Fighting

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My Sixty Years on the Plains

By: W. T. Hamilton
Narrated by: Traber Burns
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In 1842, following the doctor's orders for a change of climate, William Thomas Hamilton found himself accompanying a party of trappers on a yearlong expedition. Heading into the wild, Hamilton would prove himself to be a fast learner, as adept with a firearm as with sign language: this early experience would be the making of him. As the 19th century progressed, along with many other trappers, Hamilton found himself drawn into the Indian Wars brought about by territorial expansion.

Exploring, trapping, trading, and fighting, Hamilton shows how every aspect of a mountain man's life relied on his wits and knowledge in order survive the inhospitable environments.

First published in 1905, when the experiences of such pushing, adventurous, and fearless men were becoming a thing of the past, Hamilton's unassuming memoir relates an extraordinary life in a disappearing American West.

Public Domain (P)2018 Blackstone Publishing Americas State & Local United States Old West Wild West American Indian
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Great listen this, if you want too know what it was like living on the plains then this is the book to get .

Trappers vs Indians

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Very enjoyable… a good easy listen… narrated well.. great to hear tales of a gone by age

Tales of the west

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Quite an amazing story. Worth every second. An eye opener. Thank you for the gift.

Everyone should listen

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Overall, this was an excellent account of life as it was in the mid 19th century. Shocking when I actually think about the amount of animals that fed the fur trade. It was insatiable but this isn't a gory account rather, just fact. And so we come, to the land-grab settlers, gold miners, deceit lies & plain genocide of the Plains Indians. This is just a wee snapshot of a white trapper. The full picture can be found in "Bury my heart at wounded knee" by D. Brown. The narrator was great & had just the right voice.

A snapshot of history

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