This is an interesting book about a real mountain man, Beaver Dick, who married a Shoshone Indian who had been a captive. Jenny is the Shoshone and she was very young to have experienced all that she did before she was twenty. They had a lot of children.
The plot revolves around a fictional character, Carrie, whose parents were killed by Indians and brothers were captured. Each chapter begins with actual journal entry of Beaver Dick's journal. Then the chapter weaves a story line around it. The action takes place in the Teton mountains and Jackson Hole. The ending is quite tragic, but true.
Excellent look back into history.
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