Life in the Rocky Mountains Life in the Rocky Mountains: A Diary of Wanderings on the sources of the Rivers Missouri, Columbia, and Colorado 1830-1835; With Supplementary Writings and a Detailed Map of the Fur Country
by Ferris, Warren Angus
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Denver: The Old West Publishing Company, 1983. Hardcover.. New Revised Edition. [78], 319 [32] pp. Octavo. Original red cloth boards with gilt lettering and design on spine. Edges trimmed. Half-title included. B/W frontispiece entitled "The Death of Vanderburgh." 9 further B/W illustrations throughout. Preface (1940) and biography of Warren A. Ferris by Paul C. Phillips. Edited, with an introduction and notes by Leroy R. Hafen. Rear pocket carrying map of the Northwest Fur Country illustrated by Ferris in 1836. Original receipt with list of other Old West Publishing Co. Titles in front of book. Colour of cloth boards well preserved, with no visible blemishes or scratches. Internally unmarked. Tight, clean copy. A near perfect copy of this 1983 edition. Warren A. Ferris, a fur trapper and trader, worked as such in the Rocky Mountains from 1830-1835. The diary Ferris diligently updated with news of his exploration of Yellowstone National Park formed this 1940 novel. 1983
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- Aquila Books
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- Title
- Life in the Rocky Mountains Life in the Rocky Mountains: A Diary of Wanderings on the sources of the Rivers Missouri, Columbia, and Colorado 1830-1835; With Supplementary Writings and a Detailed Map of the Fur Country
- Author
- Ferris, Warren Angus
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Old West Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Denver
- Date Published
- 1983
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