Cody Dakota: Mountain Man: Unexpected Encounter: A Mountain Man Adventure
D.M. Haggard

Cody Dakota is heading home to the Colorado Rockies when an unexpected encounter sets his feet on a different path. Jim Bridger—famed mountain man, legend of the West—turns up alone at Cody’s campfire with a story to tell. Burned out of his trading post in southwestern Wyoming, Bridger is seeking fresh pastures and possibly a new partner to help him rebuild. Cody is interested, and a partnership is born.
A chance meeting in Moab, Utah brings another adventurer into the mix—John C. Frémont, the military officer, politician, and explorer whose western expeditions made Kit Carson a household name. With the U.S. government about to buy a vast swath of land from Mexico, Frémont hires Bridger and Cody to guide his search for a southern railroad route between Chicago and Los Angeles. The explorers face many hazards along the way: rough terrain, desert heat, a dangerous river crossing, and a killer tornado that threatens their survival. And Frémont has reasons of his own for the trek to California that he hasn’t disclosed to anyone—including Bridger and Cody…