Throne of grace: a mountain man, an epic adventure, and the bloody conquest of the American West

"Enterprising young men"

Astor's folly

The horse and the gun

Shipwreck

Hivernants

A bloodstained beach

The Missouri legion

Les mauvais terres

Glass

South Pass

The survivor

Dead men walking

Flathead post

"A sly, cunning Yankey"

"Shetskedee"

Guns along the Bear

"Randavouze Creek"

Eastern stirrings

"A country of starvation"

A Spanish inquisition

Dreams of cooling cascades

Dueling warpaths

Bloody Oregon

Fort Vancouver

"A throne of grace"

The last trailhead

"Where his bones are bleaching".

Prologue

Part I: The hunter. "Enterprising young men" ; Astor's folly ; The horse and the gun ; Shipwreck ; Hivernants ; A bloodstained beach ; The Missouri legion

Part II: The pass. Les mauvais terres ; Glass ; South Pass ; The survivor ; Dead men walking ; Flathead post ; "A sly, cunning Yankey" ; "Shetskedee" ; Guns along the Bear ; "Randavouze Creek"

Part III: The odyssey. Eastern stirrings ; "A country of starvation" ; A Spanish inquisition ; Dreams of cooling cascades ; Dueling warpaths ; Bloody Oregon ; Fort Vancouver ; "A throne of grace" ; The last trailhead ; "Where his bones are bleaching"

Epilogue.