Men to Match My Mountains

De: Irving Stone

Narrado por: Traber Burns

Acclaimed author of biographical and historical fiction Irving Stone turns his magnificent talent to telling America's most colorful and exciting story - the opening of the Far West.

Men to Match My Mountains is a true historical masterpiece, an unforgettable pageant of giants - men like John Sutter, whose dream of paradise was shattered by the California Gold Rush; Brigham Young and the Mormons, who tamed the desert with Bible texts; and the silver kings and the miners, who developed Nevada's Comstock Lode and settled the Rockies.

America called for greatness - and got it. There is nothing in history to match the stories of these men who braved wilderness to bring new nation to the shores of the Pacific.

©2018 Irving Stone (P)2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

We stand on the shoulders of giants!

What a great story about the unfolding of the American West! I generally loved the book but found Irving Stone may have had a negative bias against the "Mormons" or "Church of the Latter-day Saints" as he calls the church.. The reason I say this is that I found the fact he never referenced the full name of the church which includes "Jesus Christ". Not once in hundreds of references - which is odd...
I think "westerners" as we call ourselves are generally ignorant about the history of western migration and how towns, cities as well as states came into being. This is a great historical walk for those interested in the history of western expansion and the development of some unique aspects of Western US culture - namely the willingness to take risks.

Was the west won or conquered?

Amazing history. So much violence and treachery yet there’s also amazing courage and sacrifice. I highly recommend this book. But don’t go in with preconceived notions that the west was all heroes and cowboys.

Great history of the west.

Wonderful read. I learned a lot about the history, the characters and the politics of the Wild West. Highly recommended.

Excellent Book!

My favorite book. Third read. If you love the west. You will love this book. NSDQ!

There's more to the opening of the west than the 1849 gold rush!

I liked the broad but yet detailed coverage of this period of American history. It was fascinating to find out that there was so much more to John Sutter than just the gold rush of 1849. I liked that the author brought all the names of people we have read and heard about in this time period and fit them together in on a correct time line.