Gustave Aimard 
Trappers of Arkansas 
Or, The Royal Heart

French-born author Gustave Aimard had an abiding love for America’s rough frontiers, and his extensive travels in those regions figure heavily in the many action-adventure novels he penned. The Trappers of Arkansas is an account of a band of self-reliant hunters and trappers who made their way from Mexico to the American South to survive off the fat of the land.