 LASALLE AND THE DISCOVERY OF THE GREAT WEST by
Francis Parkman, ca. 1895, reprint, 560 pp. A classic study of the opening
of the Great Lakes and the Mississippi Valley in the 17th century by the
French explorer LaSalle. This fascinating work by the famed 19th c. American
historian is considered one of the most authoritative and readable accounts
in existence.
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THE GREAT SALT
LAKE TRAILColonel Henry Inman and Colonel
William F. Cody, ca. 1898, reprint, illus., 529 pp. The stirring history
of one of the great highways through the old west over which the Mormons
traveled along with the expeditions of Fremont, Stansbury, Lander and others.
The Pony Express and the Overland Stage carried their vital messages and
burden of adventurers through the sagebrush and alkali dust. Both authors
spent the most active portion of their lives on the western frontiers.
Colonel Inman a former Asst. Quartermaster, US Army and Colonel Cody as
Chief of Scouts, US Army.
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THE OREGON TRAIL:
SKETCHES OF PRAIRIE AND ROCKY MOUNTAIN LIFE
by Francis Parkman, Ca. 1872, reprint, 479 pp. In this great classic of
American western history, Parkman writes of his experiences while crossing
the country to Oregon as a young man. The many editions since published
reflect its high readability. Considered a major source work on the American
West and valuable for anyone interested in the West and 19th century America.
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 BEYOND THE OLD FRONTIER George
B. Grinnell, ca. 1913, ilIus., index, reprint, 364 pp. One of our greatest
turn-of-the-century American Western observers and writers discusses the
lives and contributions of some of the most colorful, courageous and important
early fur traders and hunters of the Far West. Included are such noted
figures as Alexander Ross, William Bent, Kit Carson, George Ruxton, Las
Garrard, John Palliser and others. Provides a clear and valuable picture
of the role played by fur traders in opening the Far West.
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THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES
OF JAMES P. BECKWORTH,
by T. D. Bonner, intro by Charles G. Layland, ca. 1856, reprint, 400 pp,
illus. This is the autobiography of a Mountain Man. Beckworth was an African
American colleague of Kit Carson and Jim Bridger. The stories of his harrowing
adventures in the mountain wilderness and among the Crow Indians as their
chief were legends in his own time. The noted historian Bernard de Voto
said, "Here is the West. From these pages, better than from any others
that exist, can be recovered the era of the mountain trade. The most valuable
account of a plains tribe in the days of its greatness."
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