Across the wide Missouri

First published: 1947

Description

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Bancroft Prize. Across the Wide Missouri tells the compelling story of the climax and decline of the Rocky Mountain fur trade during the 1830s. More than a history, it portrays the mountain fur trade as a way of business and a way of life, vividly illustrating how it shaped the expansion of the American West.

Subjects

History Fur trade Art collections Description and travel 19th century West (U.S.) Commerce Fourrures Histoire Frontier and pioneer life, middle west Missouri river and valley West (u.s.), history

Read on Open Library More by Bernard Augustine De Voto