| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xv, 392 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Note |
"A John Macrae book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [297]-313) and index. |
| Summary |
Includes material on John Colter and George Drouillard, Edward Robinson, John Hoback and Jacob Reznor, Jedediah Smith, Etienne Provost, Ewing Young, Joe Walker, Bill Sublette, Warren Ferris, Tom Fitzpatrick, Kit Carson, Joe Meek and Doc Newell, and Jim Bridger. |
| Contents |
Colter and Drouillard: continental crossing -- Colter and Drouillard: mountain man prototypes -- Robinson, Hobback, and Reznor: doomed trio -- Jedediah Smith: atypical mountain man -- Jedediah Smith: South Pass and the Siskadee -- Etienne Provost: l'homme des montagnes -- Jedediah Smith: California, Oregon, and the Cimarron -- Ewing Young: Gila trails to California -- Joe Walker: the Great Basin and the Sierras -- Bill Sublette: struggle of the fur giants -- Warren Ferris: trapper as cartographer -- Tom Fitzpatrick: missionaries to Oregon -- Jim Bridger: end of an era -- Kit Carson: mapping the way west -- Joe Meek and Doc Newell: trappers as colonists -- Kit Carson: the continent spanned -- Jim Bridger: filling in the map |
| Subject |
West (U.S.) -- History -- To 1848.
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Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)
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Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography.
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Trappers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography.
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Fur traders -- West (U.S.) -- Biography.
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Fur trade -- West (U.S.) -- History.
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West (U.S.) -- Discovery and exploration.
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Overland journeys to the Pacific.
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| ISBN |
0805033041 alkaline paper |
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9780805033045 alkaline paper |
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