Snowshoe Thompson: Further Confessions of Georgia Nicolson (Paperback, Harper Trophy)

One winter John Thompson skis across the Sierra Nevada Mountains and creates a path upon which mail and people may travel, thus earning his nickname Snowshoe ThompsonComing to California in search of ...

One winter John Thompson skis across the Sierra Nevada Mountains and creates a path upon which mail and people may travel, thus earning his nickname "Snowshoe Thompson"

Coming to California in search of gold, Scandiavian immigrant John Thompson earns a name in American folklore by making a treacherous journey over the mountains to deliver the mail, an adventure that introduces skiing to the new world. Reprint.