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In his concise, richly detailed memoir My Sixty Years on the Plains fur-trapper W. T. Hamilton--also known as Wildcat Bill--gives the listener a first-hand account of life outdoors in the Old West. From trailblazing to trading with Indians, Hamilton relates how a mountain man relied on his wits and specialized knowledge in order to survive the inhospitable environments.

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A. T. Chandler is an AudioFile Earphones Award-winning narrator with numerous credits to his name, in genres ranging from nonfiction, mystery, thrillers, young adult, and science fiction. An accomplished voice actor, his most notable role is in the anime sensation Dragonball Z. As the son of English and history teachers and grandson of a librarian, books have been a part of his world from birth. An actor from the age of nine, he brings decades of stage and screen performance experience to his audiobook narrations. He currently lives in Dallas, Texas. William Thomas Hamilton was born into a wealthy family in England but was brought to America when he was two years old. A sickly youngster, he was sent west by his father in 1842 with a trapping party headed by Old Bill Williams (who would gain notoriety as the guide of General John C. Fremont's fourth expedition into the Western territories) to improve his health. Hamilton remained in the West for the rest of his life. He died in Missoula, Montana.

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