The Chouteaus : First Family of the Fur Trade /
In the late eighteenth century, the vast, pristine land that lay west of the Mississippi River remained largely unknown to the outside world. The area beckoned to daring frontiersmen who produced the first major industry of the American West--the colorful but challenging, often dangerous fur trade....
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Albuquerque :
University of New Mexico Press,
2008.
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Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |