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As a 4th grader dreaming of adventure and travel, I latched on to a biography of Jim Bridger and thought I had found my role model. Of course, life gives us its own path, and role models change, but Bridger remains, to this day, my ideal of the resolute, independent, and resourceful loner who tackles, and beats, the odds with strength, will, and wit (reading about Bridger, you get the feeling he was a little deadpan with his humor). A bit sappy, that, but when your 10, good stuff to look up to. Come to think of it, not bad stuff to look up to in one's later years, either.

p>Many thanks for the article. br> -- M.C. Tritle /p> p> Are you familiar with the old song by Johnny Horton. It is called simply "Jim Bridger" and was written by Leon Payne who penned "I Love You Because". Unfortunately no one writes songs about history anymore. I enjoyed this article and hope you write more. br> -- Fred Baughman br> Chula Vista, California /p> p> THE GONZAGA GIRL br> Re: Wlady Pleszczynski's Shaving It Close :

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