A great read for people who are genuinely interested in reading about mountain men and this one in particular. I saw a comment from someone who gave the book one star and was not able to grasp the reason why the author used different grammar and spelling in some of the situations that took place putting dialog in that might have been spoken by Jim Bridger. This not only adds a great deal to the story but makes the narrative come alive. Jim Bridger was not schooled. He had no time since he had lost his parents and had to care for his sister. Also, I saw from the description of Stanley Vestal that he wrote this book sometime in the 1930's. This would have given him access to much information that was still available at the time about Jim Bridger, as opposed to someone now days trying to do research on someone who lived back during the 1800's. I am thoroughly enjoying this book. If you are looking for the best possible accounting of this mountain man and a good picture of what life was like during this time for mountain men in general, and also the relationship with the Indians and the mountain men, this is probably as good as you will find. It does not glamorize or romanticize the times. I purchased this book a a hard cover used book and got an excellent quality book that was like new for far less than a new hard cover.