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This Reckless Breed of Men; The Trappers and Fur Traders of the Southwest
by Cleland, Robert Glass
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- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
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Sebastopol, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1963. First Edition, Later Printing. Fine/Very Good. [8.5x6in]; xv, 361 pp., i-xx [index], [1] colophon, color frontispiece of Edwin James first view of the Rocky Mountains, eight plates of 16 illustrations and images, four maps, bibliography and index; Blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine and blind stamped tree and Cleland initals on front, red ink stained top edge, fore edge uncut; Red dust jacket with white and black lettering on front and spine, color illustration of landscape on front, Cleland biographical note and illustration on back; Negiligible shelf wear to covers, edges and corners, top edge stain faded; Some shelf wear to dust jacket with some soiling, slightly faded spine and covers, minor small chips to corners and top and bottom of spine, several closed tears to top front with old tape repairs, not price clipped. Robert Glass Cleland (1885-1957), a historian and author of the American West. Glass wrote, during the 1930's to 1950's, about the settlement of the west and California. Hilghly readable histroies and events.
From Worldcat..."Here is the dramatic story of men who "belonged to a calling that had no counterpart." The fur traders, trappers, beaver-hunters, or mountain men, says Mr. Cleland, "started from frontiers at which more cautious pioneers were glad to stop." They were men to whom "danger became a daily commonplace ... who took tribute of the wilderness and wandered through the reaches of the outer West with all the freedom of the lonely wind." Before missionaries, gold-seekers, and cattlemen, this reckless breed opened pathways to the western sea. Their story is in the very bones of our American history.
From Worldcat..."Here is the dramatic story of men who "belonged to a calling that had no counterpart." The fur traders, trappers, beaver-hunters, or mountain men, says Mr. Cleland, "started from frontiers at which more cautious pioneers were glad to stop." They were men to whom "danger became a daily commonplace ... who took tribute of the wilderness and wandered through the reaches of the outer West with all the freedom of the lonely wind." Before missionaries, gold-seekers, and cattlemen, this reckless breed opened pathways to the western sea. Their story is in the very bones of our American history.
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- Bookseller
- David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13954
- Title
- This Reckless Breed of Men; The Trappers and Fur Traders of the Southwest
- Author
- Cleland, Robert Glass
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Later Printing
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1963
- Keywords
- Fur Trading, Trappers,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Adventure;
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David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
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Sebastopol, California
About David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA is an online bookseller specializing in fine books, maps, publications, and ephemera related to Exploration, Adventure and World History with a focus on the Polar Regions, California and the American West. A particular interest is in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration from 1895 to 1920's. Other areas of interest are in the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, and a little bit of this and that.
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