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The West Of William H. Ashley, The International Struggle For The Fur Trade Of The Missouri, The Rocky Mountains, And The Columbia, With Explorations Beyond The Continental Divide, Recorded In The Diaries And Letters Of William H. Ashley And His Contemporaries 1822-1838
DALE (EDITOR). MORGAN
Other works by DALE (EDITOR). MORGANPublication: The Old West Publishing Co, 1964, Denver
First Edition. Limited to 250 copies. This copy designated "Presentation Copy" and signed by Lawton Kennedy, the publisher and Dale Morgan. Half calf and tan buckram, 341 pp., illustrations, 3 maps (large folding map). Beautiful color plates by Charles Bodmer. "Morgan considered this volume, the fruit of two decades of research, his most important single historical work. It is primarily an edited compilation of primary sources relating to Ashley's Missouri Fur Company and his activities in the beaver trade after selling out to Jedediah Smith, David E. Jackson, and William L. Sublet, and before his death in 1838. Scores of letters, accounts, diaries, and newspaper transcripts are salted liberally with Morgan's able commentary and historical notes."--Eloquence From A Silent World 49 & 68. A fine bright copy in original slipcase. Highly recommended.
Inventory Number: 51275$575.00
![The History Of Virgil A. Stewart, And His Adventure In Capturing And Exposing The Great "Western Land Pirate" And His Gang, In Connexion With The Evidence; Also Of The Trials, Confessions, And Execution Of A Number Of Murrell's Associates In The State Of Mississippi During The Summer Of 1835, And The Execution Of Five Professional Gamblers By The Citizens Of Vicksburg, On The 6th July, 1835. HOWARD, H.R. [COMPILED BY].](/media/images/thumb/25604.jpg)
