"By beginning where the standard works leave off and carrying the story up to its logical conclusion in 1865, this book fills a definite void in the history of the fur trade in the American West. Set in the upper Missouri country, which was bypassed by settlement until the 1860s, it focuses primarily upon the St. Louis firm of Pierre Chouteau, Jr., and Company, usually known as the American Fur Company....This is not the distorted and romanticized approach so typical of much of the literature on the earlier fur trade. Drama ...
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"By beginning where the standard works leave off and carrying the story up to its logical conclusion in 1865, this book fills a definite void in the history of the fur trade in the American West. Set in the upper Missouri country, which was bypassed by settlement until the 1860s, it focuses primarily upon the St. Louis firm of Pierre Chouteau, Jr., and Company, usually known as the American Fur Company....This is not the distorted and romanticized approach so typical of much of the literature on the earlier fur trade. Drama is inherent, but it is sound, well-conceived, carefully documented history."-American Historical Review
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Very good. Dust jacket in acceptable condition. First edition. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. *****HARDCOVER****** 1965 Printing. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 9x6x1; Very good hardcover with DJ, from a personal collection (NOT ex-library). First Edition, 1965. Clean text, tight binding. Minor rubbing to back of dust jacket, otherwise exterior looks great. Spine is uncreased. An all-around excellent copy. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Near fine copy (light stain on bottom edge) some underscoring, notes) in near fine (spine lightly sunned) dust jacket (in mylar). Octavo. 295 pps. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition.
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