Buck Jackson: Mountain Man Books in Order

Mountain man Buck Jackson welcomes a fellow adventurer to his Rocky Mountain trapping cabin before explorer John C. Frémont recruits them. Their expedition draws on the dangers and discoveries shaping the lives of the West’s early explorers.

When Kit Carson is wounded, Buck Jackson must lead their expedition from Colorado to California. Surviving the journey is only the beginning, as returning home reveals unfamiliar occupants in his cabin and violence threatening the surrounding territory.

Buck Jackson sets out to find his wounded trapping partner Kit Carson, uncertain whether his friend survived. Encounters with kidnappers, a dangerous flood, and the gathering of fellow mountain men test his resolve along the trail.

Buck Jackson joins Jim Bridger on a journey to the Yellowstone country, where remarkable landscapes conceal serious dangers. After a bear attack injures his mule, worsening weather turns the return to Colorado into a race for survival.

Returning from selling his furs, Buck Jackson seeks shelter from a snowstorm and unexpectedly rescues Brent Walker. The encounter reunites him with a man from Cañon City as another difficult wilderness journey tests the mountain man’s resourcefulness.

Buck Jackson and his young companion head back toward Colorado after time in Texas, but a dangerous journey brings devastating loss. Encounters with a Navajo community and an old frontier friend challenge him to find purpose amid the harsh demands of mountain life.