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Detalhes
| Gênero/Forma: | Electronic books |
|---|---|
| Formato Físico Adicional: | Print version: Morgan, Dale L. Jedediah Smith and the Opening of the West. Lincoln : UNP - Bison Books, ©2013 |
| Pessoa Denominada: | Jedediah Strong Smith; Jedediah Strong Smith |
| Tipo de Material: | Documento, Recurso Internet |
| Tipo de Documento | Recursos de internet, Arquivo de computador |
| Todos os Autores / Contribuintes: |
Dale L Morgan |
| ISBN: | 9780803245952 0803245955 |
| Número OCLC: | 827210439 |
| Descrição: | 1 online resource |
| Conteúdos: | Cover; Copyright; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; 1. Young Man of Enterprise; 2. The Hunters and the Hunted; 3. The Missouri Legion; 4. South Pass; 5. The Adventures of Hugh Glass-and Others; 6. The Stakes of the Columbia; 7. Action on the Fur Frontier; 8. Rendezvous: 1825; 9. Partner in the Fur Trade; 10. The South West Expedition; 11. Rendezvous: 1827; 12. The California Quagmire; 13. The Umpqua Massacre; 14. "Good, Merchantable Beaver Furr"; 15. The Things of Time; Appendix A; Appendix B; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index. |
| Título da Série: | A Bison book, BB184 |
| Responsabilidade: | Dale L. Morgan. |
Resumo:
In 1822, before Jedediah Smith entered the West, it was largely an unknown land, "a wilderness," he wrote, "of two thousand miles diameter." During his nine years as a trapper for Ashley and Henry and later for the Rocky Mountain Fur Company, "the mild and Christian young man" blazed the trail westward through South Pass; he was the first to go from the Missouri overland to California, the first to cross the length of Utah and the width of Nevada, first to travel by land up through California and Oregon, first to cross the Sierra Nevada. Before his death on the Santa Fe Trail at the hands.
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