Isbn: 9780803279308 - forty years a fur trader on the upper missouri: the personal narrative of charles larpenteur, 1833-1872 (bison book s) (13 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. First Bison Book Pri edition. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

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Soft cover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. The book has the normal library markings and attachments. 388 pages.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Has some light general reading/shelfwear, with some creasing to spine - otherwise this is a clean, tight copy. Quick dispatch from the UK. Book.

Softcover. 20 x 13,3 cm. Original Paperback with illustrated cover in color. XXV, 388 pages with a double-side map and a portrait-photo as frontispice. Good condition. --- Original-Taschenbuch mit illustriertem Cover. XXV, 388 Seiten mit einer doppelseitigen Karte und einem Porträtfoto als Frontispiz. Guter Zustand. Reprint, originally published by Lakeside Press, Chicago 1933. -- Bitte Portokosten außerhalb EU erfragen! / Please ask for postage costs outside EU! / S ' il vous plait demander des frais de port en dehors de l ' UE! // Bitte beachten Sie auch unsere Fotos! / Please also note our photos! / Veuillez noter nos photos -- Leuchtender Herbstbeginn! Wie wäre es mit einem guten Buch? Bei uns werden Sie fündig, stöbern Sie in unserem Ladengeschäft oder online. -- Wir kaufen Ihre werthaltigen Bücher! Amer.…

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The son of French immigrants who settled in Maryland, Charles Larpenteur was so eager to see the real American West that he talked himself into a job with the Rocky Mountain Fur Company in 1833. When William Sublette and Robert Campbell sold out to the American Fur Company a year later they recommended the steady and sober young Larpenteur to Kenneth McKenzie, who hired him as a clerk. For forty years, as a company man and as an independent agent, the Frenchman would ply the fur trade on the upper Missouri River.Based on Larpenteur's daily journals, this memoir is unparalleled in describing the business side and social milieu of the fur trade conducted from wintering houses and subposts in the Indian country. As Paul L. Hedren notes in his introduction, Larpenteur moved comfortably among Indians and all levels of the trade's hierarchy. But he lived during a time of transition and decline in the business, and his vivid recital of his personal affairs often seems to bear out his feeling that he was "born for misfortune." His lasting legacy is this book, which is reprinted from the one-volume Lakeside Classics edition of 1933.…

Zustand: New. For forty years, as a company man and as an independent agent, Charles Larpenteur would ply the fur trade on the upper Missouri River. Based on Larpenteur s daily journals, this memoir describes the business side and social milieu of the fur trade conducted.