Diaries or personal narratives, such as this one are not only very rare they are very interesting for the historical reader wanting to read a primary source who was there and experienced it. For another book offering a good view is Chardon's Journal At Fort Clark 1834-1839.Books such as these written mid or late in the mountain man era offer us a view into both the times and events of the life. Day-to-day existence, some days exciting, most others hum-drum. We can read of the majesty and heroics of the mountain man-fur trade era but as these diaries show much could also be just a day-to-day existence.All excellent for the interested reader. If you are one of the interested ones you will understand, if you are not then this no doubt will all be lost on you.