Broken Hand, The Life Story Of Thomas Fitzpatrick, Chief Of The Mountain Men

LEROY R. AND W.J. GHENT HAFEN

Publication: Old West Publishing Company, 1931, Denver

First edition. Cloth, 316pp., illustrated with 8 plates, map, notes, index. "Fitzpatrick (1799-1854) ranks with Jedediah Smith, Bridger, and Carson as the four greatest mountain men. His first trip over the Santa Fe trail was in 1831, with the caravan on which Jedediah Smith lost his life. Fitzpatrick was later a guide for such men as Fremont, Abert, and Kearny; in 1846 he was agent for the tribes on the Arkansas, Platte, and Kansas Rivers."---Jack Rittenhouse. "Fitzpatrick was one of the original Ashley men who traveled extensively in the mountains and was a close friend of Jed Smith. Known as "White Hair", he presided at the great 1851 Ft. Laramie Indian Peace Council."---Camille E. Cazedessus II. "Fitzpatrick was not only influential in shaping the fur trade during its formative years, but equally so as an early guide to emigrants and Army expeditions, and as an Indian agent, being generally respected red and white alike for his work in this connection. He has occasionally been hailed with some justification as the greatest of all frontiersmen of his period."---Dan L. Thrapp. The classic biography on this great frontiersman. A lengthy presentation by Hafen to Miss Stella M. Drumm, western history scholar and author, "With sincere appreciation for the important help given in the preparation of this volume and for other valued Western material given me. Am sorry this book went to press without fuller acknowledgement of your contribution to it. L. R. Hafen"

Inventory Number: 48008