Tabeau's Narrative of Loisel's Expedition to the Upper Missouri
by Abel, Annie Heloise [Editor]
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About This Item
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1939 First edition. Scarce thus, especially in this condition. Translated from the French by Rose Abel Wright. Pp. xi, [3], 272. plus frontis and 1 plate; folding genealogical chart. Extensive notes, appendices, index. Green cloth, gilt. A very fine and bright copy with decorated, price-clipped dust jacket (very slightest of chipping to spine ends). Tabeau journeyed to the Upper Missouri and lived among the Arikara in the years 1803-04. Provides human and detailed descriptions of living among the Indians who were almost without contact with whites. Also a complete summation of the difficulties of the fur trade, hazards of navigating the Missouri, etc. He met Lewis and Clark during their winter among the Mandan. Much on the customs and mores of the Indians, trade, religion, warfare, ceremonies, etc..
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- Argonaut Book Shop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8124
- Title
- Tabeau's Narrative of Loisel's Expedition to the Upper Missouri
- Author
- Abel, Annie Heloise [Editor]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- University of Oklahoma Press
- Place of Publication
- Norman
- Date Published
- 1939
- Keywords
- Native Americans Western Americana History Fur Trade Missouri River Exploration Western Expansion Manifest Destiny
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