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James Bridger, Trapper, Frontiersman, Scout, and Guide; A Historical Narrative
by J. Cecil Alter
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1406722138
- ISBN 13
- 9781406722130
- Seller
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Santa Paula, California, United States
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About This Item
Hardcove, Special Definitive Edition. Ex-library book of the Blanchard Comunity Library with plate on the inside cover. Signed by author; one of 1000 copies. Signed by Sarah Eliot Blanchard who was a member of the founding family of the Blanchard Library.
Some minor wear along the edges of the red cloth cover.
James Bridger began as a fur trapper in 1822. "During the next twenty years, he repeatedly traversed the area between the Canadian boundary and the southern line of Colorado and from the Missouri River westward to Idaho and Utah. He was the first white man, sa far as is known to visit (Fall of 1824) Great Salt Lake. He established a way-station, Fort Bridger, on the Oregon Trail in southwestern Wyoming in 1843".
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- Seller
- John Nichols Gallery
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 79
- Title
- James Bridger, Trapper, Frontiersman, Scout, and Guide; A Historical Narrative
- Author
- J. Cecil Alter
- Illustrator
- Maj. Gen. Grenville M. Dodge
- Format/Binding
- Very Good
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Special Definitive Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1406722138
- ISBN 13
- 9781406722130
- Publisher
- Shepard Book Company
- Place of Publication
- Salt Lake City
- Date Published
- 1925
- Pages
- 601
- Size
- 6 1/2" x 9 1/2"
- Keywords
- James Bridger, American Old West, fur trade, frontiersman
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John Nichols Gallery
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