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xx, 326 pages : 21 cm "A history of the pioneers who opened up the vast lands beyond the Mississippi [in the early 1800's]...The schemes of John Jacob Astor, the daring of the mountain men [and explorers] the battles of the fur companies, and the opening of the Oregon and Santa Fe trails are all described." Huntting Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-313) and index Introduction -- Part One: The Missouri -- Lewis and Clark: the jump-off -- Lewis and Clark: the river tribes -- Lewis and Clark: the continental divide -- Lewis and Clark: the Pacific -- Mountain men -- The Missouri Fur Company -- The Astorians: outward -- The Astorians: homeward -- William Ashley: the Arikara campaign -- Part Two: The Platte -- Jedediah Smith: South Pass -- Jedediah Smith: Salt Lake -- Jedediah Smith: California -- Jedediah Smith: California revisited -- Part Three: The Arkansas -- The Santa Fe trail -- The Gila-Colorado -- Part Four: The Green -- The trade war -- Joe Walker: the Humboldt trail -- Part Five: The Columbia -- Epilogue: the Oregon trail

Author

Rawling, Gerald

Publisher

New York: Macmillan

Published

1964

Language

EN