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Chittenden American Fur Trade of the Far West

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Title: The American Fur Trade of the Far West: A History of the Pioneer Trading Posts and Early Fur Companies of the Missouri Valley and the Rocky Mountains and of the Overland Commerce with Santa Fé
Author: Chittenden, Hiram Martin
Description: 2 vols. xxx, 482; [2], 483-1014 pp. Introduction and notes by Stallo Vinton. Illustrated with a sketch of the author by Dr. Edmond S. Meany; Vol. I with a frontispiece portrait from a photograph; several portrait plates from paintings, photos and engravings; facsimile letter. Folding map on rear pocket of Vol. II. 9x5¼, green cloth, lettered in gilt; slipcase.An important work on the growth, development, and decline of the Fur Trade in the Western U.S., including its major protagonists, events, effects, etc. Graff notes, "Sixty years after publication, this is still the great work on the subject." (Graff 696).
Heading: Place Published: New York
Publisher: Barnes & Noble
Date Published: [1935]