A first-hand account of one of America's most joyful explorers. As a member of Jedediah Smith's first mountain man brigade, James Clyman was there when the South Pass was discovered, opening the inter-mountain West to fur trappers. Traversing the American West, he experienced a host of events in the untamed 1800's frontier. From encountering the Donner Party to sewing Jim Bridger's ear back on...