LeRoy R. Hafen Mountain Men and Fur Traders of the Far West (Paperback)

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

Topic: United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), General, United States / General

Item Height: 0.6 in

Publication Year: 1982

Features: Reprint

Illustrator: Yes

Genre: History

Item Weight: 23.5 Oz

Item Length: 8 in

Author: Leroy R. Hafen

Item Width: 5.2 in

Format: Trade Paperback