(030823) Gough, Stephen T. Colter's Run. Stevensville, MT: Stoneydale Press, 2008. 1st Edition?. Paperback. 8vo. 392 pages. Fine with no DJ. Historical fiction novel about the life of John Colter. Colter (1775-1813) was a backwoodsman, hunter, guide, explorer, trapper and patriot. A member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition ( 1803–06) , in 1807 he was sent to make contact with Indian tribes in the Yellowstone River area and became the first white man to see and describe the region. In three expeditions to the head of the Missouri River (1808–10 ) , he narrowly escaped death in battles with Indians. He retired to a farm on the Missouri. ISBN: 1931291713 (Colter, John, Explorers, Western States)
