Mountain man Joseph Reddeford Walker spent more than 30 yearsrom the 1830s to the Civil Warrapping beaver in the Rockies, bartering with the Crow, Ute, Cheyenne, Arapahoe and Shoshone Indians, driving cattle and horses and guiding emigrants and explorers, and this examination of his life offers an adventurous look at the history of the West. Original. (History)