Madame Dorion

PELTIER, JEROME [EDITED BY EDWARD J. KOWRACH]

Publication: Ye Galleon Press, 1980, Fairfield, Washington

First edition. 8vo. Color, perfect bound stiff wrappers, [2], 43 [3] pp., acknowledgements, illustrated, footnotes, bibliography, index, colophon. An historically interesting biography of Marie Dorion, an Iowa woman who accompanied the Astorian expedition west in 1811–1814, traveling with her husband and two young children and ultimately settling in Oregon. The narrative follows her experiences during the expedition and her subsequent life in the Pacific Northwest. An account of an early overland journey and an important contribution to the history of the fur trade and early exploration of the Oregon Country. Fine copy.