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A rendezvous reader : tall, tangled, and true tales of the mountain men, 1805-1850 /

Other Authors: Wild, Peter,
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, ©1997.
Subjects:
Frontier and pioneer life > West (U.S.)
Fur trade > History > 19th century > West (U.S.)
Fur traders > West (U.S.)
Trappers > West (U.S.)
Fur traders' writings, American.
Trappers' writings, American.
HISTORY > State & Local.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Fur trade.
Fur traders.
Trappers.
West (U.S.) > History > To 1848
West (U.S.) > History > 1848-1860
United States, West.
Online Access:http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=10447
Table of Contents:
  • Tall tales, amazing scenes, and trickery of the fur trade
  • Heading for the mountains
  • Trappers and their trade
  • Mountain women
  • Famous trappers
  • Rendezvous
  • Critics of the fur trade
  • Indians
  • Animals
  • Missionaries
  • Fur trappers in fiction
  • Farewell to the mountain-man life.

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