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Bent's Fort / David Lavender.
Bent's Fort was a landmark of the American frontier, a huge private fort on the upper Arkansas River in present southeastern Colorado. Established by the adventurers Charles and William Bent, it stood until 1849 as the center of the Indian trade of the central plains. David Lavender's chronicle of these men and their part in the opening of the West has been conceded a place beside the works of Parkman and Prescott.
Record details
- ISBN: 0803257538
- ISBN: 9780803257535
- Physical Description: 479 pages : map ; 21 cm.
- Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 1972, ©1954.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- "A Bison book."
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 452-465) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Introduction The Place Called Purgatory 9 -- I. The Town on the River 15 -- II. Those Bloody Waters 26 -- III. The Trapper from Taos 49 -- IV. Mountain Winter 75 -- V. Death on the Trail 89 -- VI. the People of the Plains 106 -- VII. The Night the Stars Fell 130 -- VIII. Robes, Alcohol, and Dragoons 154 -- IX. Adobe Empire 177 -- X. Texians 204 -- XI. Kit Carson's Brother-in-Law 218 -- XII. Land Beyond Imagining 232 -- XIII. Rumbles of Trouble 249 -- XIV. War 265 -- XV. Revolution 290 -- XVI. Retribution 304 -- XVII. Destruction 319 -- XVIII. Turn Back the Clock 339 -- XIX. The White Tide 362 -- XX. The Last Agonies 379.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lummi Library | F 782 .A7 L38 1954 | 244337 | Stacks | Available | - |
| Lummi Library | F 782 .A7 L38 1954 | 250564 | Stacks | Available | - |