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Jedediah Smith and the Opening of the West

Jedediah Smith and the Opening of the West Softcover - 1964

by MORGAN, Dale L

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Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. Very Good-. 1964. Softcover. 0803251386 . A paperback edition of Dale L. Morgan's examination of the travels and explorations of Jedediah Smith. Smith traveled widely in the American West between 1822 and 1831 and is credited with discovering the critically-important South Pass, among many other things. With a fold-out map, and a handful of black & white illustrations; indexed. This work originally published by Bobbs-Merrill. --- In wraps with Frederic Remington's drawing "Jedediah Smith's Party Crossing the Mojave Desert in 1826" to front panel. --- With prior owner's signature and info. to half title and considerable rubbing to covers, otherwise a sound, tightly-bound copy.; Small Octavo - 7-1/2 to 8 in. tall; 458 pages .
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  • Title Jedediah Smith and the Opening of the West
  • Author MORGAN, Dale L
  • Binding Softcover
  • Edition Later Printing
  • Condition Used - Very Good-
  • Pages 468
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln
  • Date 1964
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 87166
  • ISBN 9780803251380 / 0803251386
  • Weight 1.15 lbs (0.52 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.9 x 5.3 x 1 in (20.07 x 13.46 x 2.54 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Cultural Region: Plains
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 53010550
  • Dewey Decimal Code 923.973

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A scholarly and well written volume of Jedediah Smith, which may well serve as a base for a complete history of the fur trade of the West. Few have attempted and none has achieved such a task. - A.P. Nasatir, American History Review.

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