Description: Further DetailsTitle: Mountain Men and Fur Traders of the Far WestCondition: NewSubtitle: Eighteen Biographical SketchesISBN-10: 0803272103EAN: 9780803272101ISBN: 9780803272101Publisher: Bison BooksFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 01/06/1982Description: The legendary mountain men—the fur traders and trappers who penetrated the Rocky Mountains and explored the Far West in the first half on the nineteenth century—formed the vanguard of the American empire and became the heroes of American adventure. This volume brings to the general reader brief biographies of eighteen representative mountain men, selected from among the essay assembled by LeRoy R. Hafen in The Mountain Men and the Fur Trade of the Far West (ten volumes, 1965-72). The subjects and authors are: Manuel Lisa (Richard E. Oglesby); Pierre Chouteau Jr. (Janet Lecompte); Wilson Price Hunt (William Brandon); William H. Ashley (Harvey L. Carter); Jedediah Smith (Harvey L. Carter); John McLoughlin (Kenneth L. Holmes); Peter Skene Ogden (Ted J. Warner); Ceran St. Vrain (Harold H. Dunham); Kit Carson (Harvey L. Carter); Old Bill Williams (Frederic E. Voelker); William Sublette (John E. Sunder);Thomas Fitzpatrick (LeRoy R. and Ann W. Hafen); James Bridger (Cornelius M. Ismert); Benjamin L. E. Bonneville (Edgeley W. Todd); Joseph R. Walker (Ardis M. Walker); Nathaniel Wyeth (William R. Sampson); Andrew Drips (Harvey L. Carter); and Joseph L. Meek (Harvey E. Tobie).Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 203mmItem Length: 133mmItem Weight: 476gContributor: LeRoy R. Hafen (Edited by)Author: LeRoy R. HafenGenre: HistoryTopic: BiographyRelease Year: 1982 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Mountain Men and Fur Traders of the Far West
Publication Name: Mountain Men and Fur Traders of the Far West
Title: Mountain Men and Fur Traders of the Far West
Subtitle: Eighteen Biographical Sketches
ISBN-10: 0803272103
EAN: 9780803272101
ISBN: 9780803272101
Publisher: Bison Books
Format: Paperback
Release Year: 1982
Release Date: 01/06/1982
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 203mm
Item Length: 133mm
Item Weight: 476g
Contributor: LeRoy R. Hafen (Edited by)
Author: LeRoy R. Hafen
Genre: History
Topic: Biography
