Life in the Rocky Mountains: A Diary of Wanderings on the Sources of the Rivers Missouri, Columbia, and Colorado 1830-1835
Language: English
Published by Fred A. Rosenstock The Old West Publishing Company, Denver, CO, 1983
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Seller: JW Barker Books & Antiques, Natchez, MS, U.S.A.JW Barker Books & Antiques
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New revised edition, very good maroon cloth hardcover (no dust jacket if issued) with gilt letter and decoration to spine and plastic cover shows soil top top page edges and heavy rubbing away of cloth at spine head and portions of top edges of covers, else tight and clean. 444 pages with illustrations, index and map at rear pocket. Still a pleasing copy of this work from the noted Rocky Mountain cartographer, trapper and diarist.
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- Title
- Life in the Rocky Mountains: A Diary of Wanderings on the Sources of the Rivers Missouri, Columbia, and Colorado 1830-1835
- Author
- Ferris, Warren Angus
- Publisher
- Fred A. Rosenstock The Old West Publishing Company, Denver, CO
- Publication year
- 1983
- Condition
- Very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0912094206
- ISBN 13
- 9780912094205
- Edition
- Revised.
- Seller catalogs
- U.S. History - West
Beginning with an enthusiastic cry of "Westward, Ho!", we are taken on a journey by Ferris, who proves a lively and thoroughly readable commentator. His adventures with the groups of hunters and traders are varied and numerous, and the tone of his writing does a fine job capturing the spirit of risk taking and excitement of venturing to the unknown which characterized the era.
We receive descriptions of the rugged and sometimes breathtaking wilderness, the Native American tribes and their warriors and their leadership, and the trade of furs which drove a great part of the westward expansion. The many perils of the frontier wilderness, from fierce animals and bears, to thieves and bandits, to hostile groups of Native Americans, were all encountered by Ferris in his years navigating the great mountain ranges.
Particular attention is given to the mighty chieftains of the Native American tribes, some of whom struck the fur traders and trappers with a sense of awe for their strong bearing. We also hear how the company would survive, often enduring hunger and bad weather by honing their survivalist techniques and skills at camping.
In all, this memoir oozes authenticity, the narrative ranking among the most impressive of all the rocky mountain men.
This edition includes several supplementary articles, written in the local press after this autobiography was first published in 1845. From these we gain an idea of how Americans of the era read and appreciated the insight wilderness explorers such as Ferris gave to those who were unfamiliar with the vast, untrammeled lands stretching across great swathes of the North American continent.
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