Ed. LeRoy R. Hafen. This volume brings together brief biographies of seventeen leaders of the western fur trade. Subjects are Etienne Provost, James Pattie, Luis Robidoux, Ewing Young, David E. Jackson, Milton G. Sublette, Lucien Fontenelle, James Clyman, James P. Beckwourth, Edward and Frances Ermatinger, John Gantt, and many others. This work is a companion piece to "Mountain Men and Fur Traders of the Far West." Soft cover, 5 1/4 X 8, 334 pages.
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