New adventures of Tarzan (12-episode serial): Lord Greystoke (Tarzan), en route to Guatemala to rescue an old friend, joins forces with two explorers who hope to obtain a jewel-encrusted statue called the Green Goddess, known to contain an ancient, super-explosive formula, before a mercenary named Raglan is able to nab it. Tarzan the fearless: Tarzan falls in love with Mary Brookes, whom he must rescue from the followers of the god Zar while eluding...

Details the mountain men legends popular in the West from the early 1800s through 1840 that described the terrain's inhabitants as extremely skilled horsemen, trappers, and marksmen with an intimate knowledge of nature.

John Colter was a crack hunter with the Lewis and Clark expedition before striking out on his own as a mountain man and fur trader. A solitary journey in the winter of 1807-1808 took him into present-day Wyoming. To unbelieving trappers he later reported sights that inspired the name of Colter's Hell. It was a sulfurous place of hidden fires, smoking pits, and shooting water. And it was real. John Colter is known to history as probably the first white...

Explains how the fur trade played a part in the social dynamics of the nineteenth century, such as relations with Native Americans, foreign policy, explorations of natural resources and the establishment of business.

Chronicles the exploits of the mountain men who opened many trails and passages through the American West in the early nineteenth century.

"A comprehensive biography on Jim Bridger, famed mountain man, explorer, fur trader and guide."--