History of Early Steamboat Navigation on the Missouri River: Life and Adventures of Joseph La Barge...
by Chittenden, Hiram Martin
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About This Item
Minneapolis: Ross & Haines, 1962 Reprint of the rare first edition of 1903, complete with the notes and maps. One of 1,500 copies. 2 volumes in one. xiv, 461pp. 15 illustrations, map. Notes, index. Brown cloth, gilt. A fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. Joseph La Barge was a pioneer steamboat captain, navigator and Indian trader. For fifty years he was identified with the commerce of the Missouri Valley and opened the Blackfoot country to trade and civilization. This fine work, illustrated with early photographs and prints, provides an intimate picture of the importance of the Missouri River as the primary line of transportation in the Missouri Valley. [Graff: 697; Howes I: C-391; Howes II: C-399]..
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- Title
- History of Early Steamboat Navigation on the Missouri River: Life and Adventures of Joseph La Barge...
- Author
- Chittenden, Hiram Martin
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ross & Haines
- Place of Publication
- Minneapolis
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- La Barge, steamboats, Missouri River, navigation, Indians, Indian Trade Pioneer Navigator and Indian Trader, for Fifty Years Identified with the Commerce of the Missouri Valley
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