will take you to what they have listed for Miller. Do any of the titles sound
familiar?
Manbear
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<blockquote TYPE=CITE>There is a book of Miller's Field Sketches (fairly
standard hardback size,
<br>not a coffee-table format) which had well over 100 drawings with a
paragraph
<br>or two of Miller's notes with each one. I have only seen one copy,
in my
<br>friend Burnt Spoon's library. This would be an invaluable pictorial
resource
<br>and I would love to find a copy myself, if only I could remember the
exact
<br>title.
<br>Pat Quilter.
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I checked out Bibliofind and the following link <a href="http://www.bibliofind.com/cgi-bin/texis.exe/s/search/search.html?dealerid=&qauthor=&qtitle=Alfred+Jacob+Miller&qcomments=&minp=&maxp=&daysback=at+any+date&SUBMIT1=SEARCH">http://www.bibliofind.com/cgi-bin/texis.exe/s/search/search.html?dealerid=&qauthor=&qtitle=Alfred+Jacob+Miller&qcomments=&minp=&maxp=&daysback=at+any+date&SUBMIT1=SEARCH</a>
will take you to what they have listed for Miller. Do any of the
titles sound familiar?
<br>Manbear
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Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 15:31:28 GMT
From: "Ethan Sudman" <ethan_sudman@hotmail.com>
Subject: MtMan-List: Strange question
Here's a strange question. What do you think is the best definition of the
date&SUBMIT1=SEARCH will take you to what they have listed for Miller. Do
any of the titles sound familiar?
Manbear
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Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 18:55:08 EDT
From: Mtnman1449@aol.com
Subject: RE: MtMan-List: Alfred Jacob Miller: Works Viewable on the Intern et
The book is called "The West of Alfred Jacob Miller". It is out of print but not too difficult to find in the used circles. I think they usually run about $75 for a decent copy but the notes on each picture are worth much more than that. I'm at work. When I get home, I
'll provide more info on the book.
Patrick Surrena
AMM 1449
Jim Baker Party, Colorado
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Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 18:49:29 -0600
From: Mike Moore <amm1616@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: An unusual question
Ethan,
As you have seen everyone has a different opinion on your
questions. These men ( the mountain men) can be very complex
and one answer some times doesn't do justice for all. But, there
are some basic qualities which link them together. They all
seem to be adventureous, courageous and independent. They
had to be self reliant, and able to improvise when needed. While
many didn't have much past a 3rd or 4th grade education (by
today's standards) some were very smart and you had to be to
live in the west. Book learning only got you so far when you needed
to be able to protect yourself, provide food and shelter and know
which tribes were friendly or not. The mountain men were a wide
variety of people. I even hesitate to call them mountain men, I'm pretty
sure that is a fairly new term, they called themselves "mountaineers"
or trappers (if that was what they did for a living). And there were
alot more than just trappers in the west- people who came west
for their health, rich adventurers, camp keepers and even traders to
name a few. You can put a time frame on individuals to help with
your definitions (ones who came to the rendezvous) to help narrow
it down. But even that some times leaves out people who were in
the west. Alot of old timers have thought about that question, not came up
with a good response. Maybe, even if a good definition could be written,
a part of the mystic of the mountain man era would be lost. We tend to
make heros out of these men, but alot of them were just making a living
and living their lives - just like us. But the times when they did it, were
exciting!
mike.
Ethan Sudman wrote:
> Here's an unusual question. In your opinion, what is the best definition of
> "mountain men" and what are the most distinguishing qualities about them?
