Across The Wide Missouri
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.
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About the Author:
Bernard DeVoto (1897-1955), winner of the Pulitzer Prize, was a renowned scholar-historian of the American West and one of the country's greatest men of letters.
Synopsis:
Presents a study of the Rocky Mountain fur trade and its impact on westward expansion.
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- PublisherTandem Library
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 1417711450
- ISBN 13 9781417711451
- BindingLibrary Binding
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