Book
Across the wide Missouri / by Bernard DeVoto ; illustrated with paintings by Alfred Jacob Miller, Charles Bodmer and George Catlin ; with an account of the discovery of the Miller collection by Mae Reed Porter.
Summary:
The story of the climax and decline of the Rocky Mountain fur trade during the 1830s.
Record details
- Physical Description: xxvii, 483 pages, [48] leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
- Publisher: New York : Bonanza Books, �1947.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-468) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- The prairie traveler (1833) -- The brass knuckles (1832) -- Massacre : sport and business (1832) -- Paul Bunyan's fair (1833) -- Absaroka (1833) -- The theme of wonder (1833-1834) -- The winter lodge -- To men benighted (1834) -- Parable of the Samaritan (1835) -- The Meridian Passage (1836) -- The conqueror (1837) -- A painter on the trail (1837) -- Away, you rolling river (1838) -- Appendices: Chronology of the mountain fur trade -- The first illustrators of the west -- Notes.
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- Subject:
- Fur trade > West (U.S.)
West (U.S.) > History > To 1848.
Fur trade.
United States, West. - Genre:
- History.
Available copies
- 2 of 2 copies available at Northwest Indian College.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lummi Library | F 592 .D48 1947 | 269361 | Stacks | Available | - |
| Lummi Library | History #53 | 276650 | Deloria Collection | Available | - |