THE SPLENDID WAYFARING, 1822-1831 : The Story of the Exploits and Adventures of Jedediah Smith and His Comrades, the Ashley-Henry Men, Discoverers and Explorers of the Great Central Route from the Missouri river to the Pacific Ocean

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Text/Near New. Green linen boards w/gilt spine lettering/VG; strong & sound w/light edge & surface rubs, and frays to upper/lower spine edges. PO stamps (quite faint) to text edges. Illustrated phots and fold-out map (NEW). A narrative of the adventures of mountain man Jedediah Smith (1799-1831) who, at the age of 22, joined the expedition of General William Ashley and Andrew Henry up the Missouri River to trap beaver --- the expedition became the forerunner of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company. Poet, writer and historian John Gneisenau Neihardt (1881 - 1973) gave us Black Elk Speaks (1932).

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THE SPLENDID WAYFARING, 1822-1831 : The Story of the Exploits and Adventures of Jedediah Smith and His Comrades, the Ashley-Henry Men, Discoverers and Explorers of the Great Central Route from the Missouri river to the Pacific Ocean

Editor

Macmillan, New York, NY

Fecha de publicación

1920

Encuadernación

Hard Cover

Edición

First Edition, First Thus

Estado

Very Good

Estado de la sobrecubierta

No Jacket

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• Biography/Autobiography/Memoir
• History