Jim Beckwourth
(2026)Mountain Man Trailblazer
(The third book in the America250 series)
A novel by Charles Ray
Jim Beckwourth, Mountain Man: Trailblazer is the thrilling fourth novel in the America250 series, celebrating the 250th anniversary of our nation’s founding.
Enslaved at birth, James P. Beckwourth joined the Rocky Mountain Fur Company after being freed and went west as a trapper in the 1830s, carving out a reputation as a master scout, trapper, fighter, and adventurer. Throughout his six-plus decades of life, he was involved in many pivotal events of American history, from the California Gold Rush to the Seminole Wars. For many years, he lived among the Crow Nation, becoming a noted war chief, and he blazed a trail through the mountains from Nevada Territory to California that today bears his name.
A man who thirsted for adventure, he blazed trails from Virginia, his place of birth, to the Gulf Coast, to the Rocky Mountains, and beyond. He lived life to the fullest and established a reputation that was second to none.
Return with us to the thrilling days when America was unexplored territory, heroes like Jim Beckwourth blazed trails and were pressed to their limits, and the West was at its wildest.
Genre: Western
Enslaved at birth, James P. Beckwourth joined the Rocky Mountain Fur Company after being freed and went west as a trapper in the 1830s, carving out a reputation as a master scout, trapper, fighter, and adventurer. Throughout his six-plus decades of life, he was involved in many pivotal events of American history, from the California Gold Rush to the Seminole Wars. For many years, he lived among the Crow Nation, becoming a noted war chief, and he blazed a trail through the mountains from Nevada Territory to California that today bears his name.
A man who thirsted for adventure, he blazed trails from Virginia, his place of birth, to the Gulf Coast, to the Rocky Mountains, and beyond. He lived life to the fullest and established a reputation that was second to none.
Return with us to the thrilling days when America was unexplored territory, heroes like Jim Beckwourth blazed trails and were pressed to their limits, and the West was at its wildest.
Genre: Western