Dealer in Rare and First-Edition Books: Western Americana; Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Fiction
The Fist In The Wilderness
DAVID LAVENDER
Other works by DAVID LAVENDERPublication: Doubleday & Company, 1964, Garden City
First edition. Cloth, 490pp., 4 maps + 2 maps on endpapers, prologue, bibliography & notes, index. An excellent narrative history of the development of the western fur trade from the early 1800's through the 1830's. Thoroughly researched, with particular focus on the "Astorian Enterprise: The American Fur Company." Relates the stories of John Jacob Astor and Ramsay Crooks who competed with Britain's Hudson's Bay Company for the fur resources of the Great Lakes region and the upper Missouri River country. A fine copy in dust jacket.
Inventory Number: 51340
$55.00
