Famous American Trails
Bruce Grant, Lorence Bjorklund
Hardcover
(Rand McNally, March 15, 1971)
Texas-born historian and author Bruce Grant portrays the trails in terms of the people who blazed them, suffered and died along them, and eventually followed them to the conquest of a continent. The Indians' footpaths originally marked out many of the trail routes. Then came the trappers, explorers, cowboys, settlers, and soldiers. Full-color reproductions and dramatic paintings by famous artists like Charles M. Russell and Frederic Remington illustrate each trail. Complementing the text are numerous drawings and maps by well-known illustrator Lorence Bjorklund. Famous American Trails vividly highlights for young and old alike a portion of our country's heritage that is as dramatic now as it was vital then.