Journal of a Trapper or Nine Years in the Rocky Mountains 1834-1843

Journal of a Trapper: Or Nine Years in the Rocky Mountains, 1834-1843 is a memoir written by Osborne Russell and first published in 1921. The book chronicles Russell's experiences as a trapper in the American West during the mid-19th century. Russell's journey began in 1834 when he left his home in Maine to join a fur trapping expedition in the Rocky Mountains. Over the next nine years, he would travel extensively throughout the region, trapping beaver and other animals for their valuable pelts.