Vanguards of the Frontier: A Social History of the Northern Plains and Rocky Mountains from the Earliest White Contacts to the Coming of the Homemaker

Bookseller

Barker Books & Vintage (US)

Bookseller's Inventory #

32663

Title

Vanguards of the Frontier: A Social History of the Northern Plains and Rocky Mountains from the Earliest White Contacts to the Coming of the Homemaker

Author

Dick, Everett

Format/Binding

Hardcover

Book Condition

Used - Near Fine in Very Good DJ

Quantity Available

1

Edition

First edition

Publisher

D. Appleton-Century Company

Date Published

1941

Keywords

Butte, Montana; Collectibles; Great Falls, Montana; Helena, Montana; Missoula, Montana; Rare Books; Used Books;

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