Even among iconic frontiersmen like John C.
Here, in a biography that finally gives this outsize character his due, Jerry Enzler takes this frontiersman\'s full measure for the first time--and tells.
His adventures are fit for remaking into the tall tales Bridger himself liked to tell.
A mountain man of the American West, straddling the fur trade era and the age of exploration, he lived the life legends are made of.
Frémont, Kit Carson, and Jedediah Smith, Jim Bridger stands out.
Even among iconic frontiersmen like John C