Denver, CO: Old West, 1973. 1st revised edition, (originally published in 1931), NF/NF. Book and dust jacket have some light wear to spine ends & some edges. 12 b & w illustrations, one map. Includes footnotes , 3 appendices and index. Fitzpatrick arrived in the west in 1823, to travel with General Ashley's famed first expedition up the Missouri River. He worked tirelessly as an explorer, fur trader, guide, advisor, investor, promoter and business partner. He died in 1854, one of the greatest figures of western history during that era. Wonderful story, nice copy.

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Title: Broken Hand: The Life of Thomas Fitzpatrick- Mountain Man, Guide, and Indian Agent
Publisher: Old West Publishing, Denver, Colorado
Publication Date: 1973
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0912094176
ISBN 13: 9780912094175
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Revised Edition
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

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Known by the Indians as "Broken Hand," Thomas Fitzpatrick was a trapper and a trailblazer who became the head of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company. With Jedediah Smith he led the trapper band that discovered South Pass; he then shepherded the first two emigrant wagon trains to Oregon, was official guide to Fremont on his longest expedition, and guided Colonel Phil Kearny and his Dragoons along the westward trails to impress the Indians with howitzers and swords. Fitzpatrick negotiated the Fort Laramie treaty of 1851 at the largest council of Plains Indians ever assembled. Among the most colorful of mountain men, Fitzpatrick was also party to many of the most important events in the opening of the West. LeRoy R. Hafen was the author of more than forty books on the American West.

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LeRoy R. Hafen was the author of more than forty books on the American West.

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