The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West, credited to Washington Irving, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West by Washington Irving. Read in English by Carol Pelster. Benjamin Bonneville spent the years 1832 to 1835 on the adventure of a lifetime, leading an expedition of trapping, trading, and exploring in the wilds of Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Utah, Nevada and California. Here is Washington Irving's colorful summary of the world that Bonneville observed, experienced, and cherished: the gay free trapper and his steed, decked out in wild array, and tinkling with bells and trinketry; the savage war chief, plumed and painted and ever on the prowl; the traders' cavalcade, winding through defiles or over naked plains, with the stealthy war party lurking on its trail; the buffalo chase, the hunting camp, the mad carouse in the midst of danger, the night attack, the stampede, the scamper, the fierce skirmish among rocks and cliffs--all this romance of savage life, which exists among the mountains. . . Regarding Washington Irving's use of the term "savage", which can be very disconcerting to modern ears, it may be helpful to consider that he used it to refer to people who lived in the wilderness, away from cities or settlements; he applied the word mostly to Indians and sometimes to trappers, since their modes of life were very similar. If you can overlook such a bothersome word, there is a lot here to learn about the lives of trappers and Indians, including Blackfeet, Crows, Snakes, Shoshones, Shoshokoes or Root Diggers, Nez Perce, Flatheads, and Skynses. This is a book for those who love and long for the wild mountain West; a time and place that was free of laws and limits, where life was constrained only by the harsh but beautiful natural world, and by the fierce or friendly human wanderers who shared that world.- Summary by Carol Pelster

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West
• Author credits: Washington Irving
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 51
• Combined MP3 track duration: 12:57:44

Catalogue topics

• Oregon Trail
• wyoming history
• bonneville
• south pass
• history of the west
• exploration of the west
• finding a route for the oregon trail
• benjamin bonneville

Opening tracks: first 24 of 51

1. 01 - Section 1 — 12:19
2. 02 - Chapter 1 — 20:11
3. 03 - Chapter 2 — 18:29
4. 04 - Chapter 3 — 14:51
5. 05 - Chapter 4 — 19:55
6. 06 - Chapter 5 — 17:53
7. 07 - Chapter 6 — 27:53
8. 08 - Chapter 7 — 11:56
9. 09 - Chapter 8 — 15:58
10. 10 - Chapter 9 — 10:20
11. 11 - Chapter 10 — 9:21
12. 12 - Chapter 11 — 13:16
13. 13 - Chapter 12 — 23:47
14. 14 - Chapter 13 — 8:00
15. 15 - Chapter 14 — 11:49
16. 16 - Chapter 15 — 17:58
17. 17 - Chapter 16 — 13:22
18. 18 - Chapter 17 — 15:47
19. 19 - Chapter 18 — 18:24
20. 20 - Chapter 19 — 13:46
21. 21 - Chapter 20 — 7:16
22. 22 - Chapter 21 — 7:40
23. 23 - Chapter 22 — 15:01
24. 24 - Chapter 23 — 19:17

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