LIFE IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS 1830-1835

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BOOK DESCRIPTION: Tall 8vo, 284 pgs, index, appendices, folding map in rear, frontis, illustration. Brown buckram cloth, stamped on spine and cover. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Light rubbing and dulling to spine, else VG. Interior is clean and tight with a few age spots. Issued without DJ. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: Annotated by J. Cecil Alter and arranged by Herbert Auerbach. Warren Angus Ferris was a trapper in the Rocky Mountains from 1830 to 1835. He traveled throughout the West in the employ of there American Fur Company. He explored what is now Yellowstone National Park in 1834. For understanding the Mountain Man era, Ferris is very important. He records day to day activities of the trappers and traders. His narrative is clear and straight forward, he provides vivid descriptions of what he sees and experiences. N° de ref. del artículo 580258

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