Fur Traders, Trappers, and Mountain Men of the Upper Missouri - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Leroy R. Hafen, Scott Eckberg (Introduction by)Publish date:1995-03-01Pages:142
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bison BooksISBN-13:9780803272699ISBN-10:803272693UPC:9780803272699Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.12 x 6.16 x 0.45 inchesWeight:0.4299Product ID:SCP5TM3PYF
Fur Traders, Trappers, and Mountain Men of the Upper Missouri
John Jacob Astor's dream of empire took shape as the American Fur Company. At Astor's retirement in 1834, this corporate monopoly reached westward from a depot on Mackinac Island to subposts beyond the confluence of the Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers. Fur Traders, Trappers, and Mountain Men of the Upper Missouri focuses on eighteen men who represented the American Fur Company and its successors...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bison BooksISBN-13:9780803272699ISBN-10:803272693UPC:9780803272699Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.12 x 6.16 x 0.45 inchesWeight:0.4299Product ID:SCP5TM3PYF
Writing about these fur traders, trappers, and mountain men are Harvey L. Carter, Carl P. Russell, Ray H. Mattison, Janet Lecompte, John E. Wickman, Charles E. Hanson Jr., and Louis Pfaller. Scott Eckberg, historian at the Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site, provides a historical overview in his introduction. LeRoy R. Hafen is the editor of Mountain Men and Fur Traders of the Far...
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