Fist in the Wilderness - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:David Lavender, David J. Wishart (Introduction by)Publish date:1998-05-01Pages:498
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bison BooksISBN-13:9780803279766ISBN-10:803279760UPC:9780803279766Book Category:History, Business & EconomicsBook Subcategory:United States, Economic HistoryBook Topic:19th CenturySize:9.05 x 6.07 x 1.05 inchesWeight:1.5124Product ID:SC61B9YT23
The story of the American fur trade has been told many times from different viewpoints, but David Lavender was the first to place it within the overall contest for empire between Britain and the United States. Rather than offering a simple hagiography of men like Jedediah Smith, Kit Carson, Jim Bridger and other legendary trappers, Lavender relates the story of men such as John Jacob Astor and...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bison BooksISBN-13:9780803279766ISBN-10:803279760UPC:9780803279766Book Category:History, Business & EconomicsBook Subcategory:United States, Economic HistoryBook Topic:19th CenturySize:9.05 x 6.07 x 1.05 inchesWeight:1.5124Product ID:SC61B9YT23
David Lavender lives in California. David J. Wishart is a professor of geography at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the author of The Fur Trade of the American West: A Geographical Synthesis, also a Bison Book.
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