Description: Further DetailsTitle: Mountain Men and Fur Traders of the Far WestCondition: NewSubtitle: Eighteen Biographical SketchesISBN-10: 0803272103EAN: 9780803272101ISBN: 9780803272101Publisher: Bison BooksFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 06/01/1982Description: 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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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
Release Date: 06/01/1982
Release Year: 1982
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Contributor: LeRoy R. Hafen (Edited by)
Book Title: Mountain Men and Fur Traders of the Far West : Eighteen Biographical Sketches
Number of Pages: 402 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Publication Year: 1982
Item Height: 0.6 in
Topic: United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), General, United States / General
Illustrator: Yes
Features: Reprint
Genre: History
Item Weight: 23.5 Oz
Author: Leroy R. Hafen
Item Length: 8 in
Item Width: 5.2 in
Format: Trade Paperback
