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Mountain men and fur traders of the Far West : eighteen biographical sketches / edited by LeRoy R. Hafen ; selected, with an introduction, by Harvey L. Carter.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 1982.Description: xviii, 401 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 0803272103 (pbk.)
Uniform titles:
  • Mountain men and the fur trade of the Far West. Selections.
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 978 19
LOC classification:
  • F592 .M742 1982
Contents:
Introduction / Harvey L. Carter -- 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 -- William Sherley (Old Bill) Williams / Frederic E. Voelker -- William Lewis Sublette / John E. Sunder -- Thomas Fitzpatrick / LeRoy R. and Ann Hafen -- James Bridger / Cornelius M. Ismert -- Benjamin L.E. Bonneville / Edgeley W. Todd -- Joseph R. Walker / Ardis M. Walker -- Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth / William R. Sampson -- Andrew Drips / Harvey L. Carter -- Joseph L. Meek / Harvey E. Tobie.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 978 M928 Available 33111002700678
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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).

"A Bison book."

Reprinted from: The Mountain men and the fur trade of the Far West. Glendale, Calif. : A.H. Clark, 1965-1972.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Harvey L. Carter -- 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 -- William Sherley (Old Bill) Williams / Frederic E. Voelker -- William Lewis Sublette / John E. Sunder -- Thomas Fitzpatrick / LeRoy R. and Ann Hafen -- James Bridger / Cornelius M. Ismert -- Benjamin L.E. Bonneville / Edgeley W. Todd -- Joseph R. Walker / Ardis M. Walker -- Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth / William R. Sampson -- Andrew Drips / Harvey L. Carter -- Joseph L. Meek / Harvey E. Tobie.

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