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Fur Trappers and Traders of the Far Southwest: Twenty Biographical Sketches » (1)
Authors: Matthew Despain
ISBN-13: 9780874212358, ISBN-10: 0874212359
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Utah State University Press
Date Published: November 1997
Edition: 1
Author Biography: Matthew Despain
Book Synopsis
Biographies of prominent figures in the Southwest fur trade during the 1820s and 1830s. Their influence helped establish early connections between the United States and its future territories.
Table of Contents
| Preface | ||
| Introduction | ||
| Marcelino Baca | 1 | |
| Jules DeMun | 8 | |
| James Kirker | 20 | |
| Jacob Fowler | 39 | |
| Isaac Slover | 51 | |
| Ewing Young | 56 | |
| Etienne Provost | 79 | |
| Antoine Robidoux | 95 | |
| William Sherley (Old Bill) Williams | 108 | |
| George C. Yount | 138 | |
| Kit Carson | 148 | |
| Sylvestre S. Pratte | 176 | |
| John Rowland | 188 | |
| Gervais Nolan | 195 | |
| Thomas L. (Peg-leg) Smith | 200 | |
| William Wolfskill | 220 | |
| Ceran St. Vrain | 233 | |
| John Gantt | 253 | |
| Charles Bent | 268 | |
| Dick Wootton | 290 |
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