The ordeals of the father : captivity, transition, recapture, torture, recovery (1755-1790)
Down by the riverside : coming of age along the Ohio River (1790-1818)
A merciless land : an interlude in the Arkansas Territory (1818-1821)
Wayfaring stranger : with the Glenn-Fowler Expedition on the Great Plains (1821-1822)
Adventures in Peltry : trapping the San Luis Valley and returning east (1822)
Down in the valley : new home, new wife, new friends (1823-1824)
Taos heydays : the fortunes of the fur trade (1824-1826)
A quest forlorn : the disastrous Pattie Expedition (1827-1828)
The beaver decline : searching for new habitats (1828-1837)
Defender of the valley : settling in Alta California (1838-1846)
A prisoner exchanged : battle of Chino and the siege of Los Angeles (1846)
The accidental volunteer : adventures in the U.S.-Mexico War (1846-1847)
Elusive peace : desert Indians, prospectors, Mormons (1847-1854)
The last Cabib : death in the mountains (October 1854).