Journal of Rudolph Friederich Kurz. An Account of His Experiences Among Fur Traders and American Indians on the Mississippi and the Upper Missouri Rivers During the Years 1846-1852
Published by United States Government Printing Office, Washinton, D.C., 1937
- First Edition
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: Minotavros Books, ABAC ILAB, Whitby, ON, CanadaMinotavros Books, ABAC ILAB
AbeBooks seller since February 1, 2018
Condition: Used - Near fine
US$ 97.54
Quantity: 1 available
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8vo. Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 115pp. Green wrappers, ix, 382pp, [48] plates, light sunning on lower half of title-page, small smudge on lower front cover, spine sunned and creased down middle, with wear on ends. Near Fine. A Swiss artist and ethnographer, Rudolph Kurz (1818-1871) traveled through the American West, documenting traditional life ways of the Crow, Sioux, and Cheyenne tribes and their culture, prior to the American Civil War. Kurz traveled form New Orleans to St. Louis and Fort Union, and was sometimes employed as a clerk at Fort Union and Berthold, and makes observational comments on the gold rush and Mexican-American War.A valuable diary of Indian Life.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Journal of Rudolph Friederich Kurz. An Account of His Experiences Among Fur Traders and American Indians on the Mississippi and the Upper Missouri Rivers During the Years 1846-1852
- Author
- Kurz, Rudolph and Myrtis Jarrell [Translator] and J.N.B. Hewitt [Editor]
- Publisher
- United States Government Printing Office, Washinton, D.C.
- Publication year
- 1937
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- American History, First Nations
Minotavros Books, ABAC ILAB
Whitby, ON, Canada
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