The Original Journal of Charles Larpenteur: My Travels to the Rocky Mountains between 1833 and 1872

Chadron, NE: The Museum Association of the American Frontier. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2007. 1st Edition, unstated.; First Printing. Hardcover. First Editiion (2007) , unstated. Fine in Fine DJ: The Book is flawless; the binding remains perfectly secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text.. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome, like-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing no discernible imperfections. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. Virtually 'As New'. The DJ is also flawless; unclipped. Clean, intact, and attractive: "As New". NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 4to (10.35 x 7.35 x 0.9 inches). Illustrated with vintage photographs in black & white and three in color. Edited by Michael M. Casler. Transcribed and Annotated by Erwin N. Thompson. Appendices. Index. Language: English. Weight: 36.2 ounces. Hardback with DJ. Charles Larpenteur (1803 - 1872) , was an American fur trader, whose memoir and diary frequently have been used as a source to fur trade history. During his forty years in the fur trade Larpenteur diligently kept his diary, using it as a source to complement his memory when he wrote his memoir. Unable to finance publication of the memoir, he sent the manuscript to Washington Matthews, a U. S. Army surgeon he had learned to know at Fort Buford. At the end of the century, Matthews transferred the manuscript to Elliott Coues, a brother officer in the Medical Corps; an heavily edited annotated version (the Coues edition) was hence published in 1898. Milo Quaife later reedited Larpenteur's manuscript as close as possible to its original form, a version (the Quaife edition) which was published in 1933. Through Auguste L. Larpenteur of Saint Paul, Minnesota, a nephew of Larpenteur's, Coues had access to the original diary and other documents of Larpenteur's hand when he edited the memoir. The original diary was, however, not published until this present edition, first published in 2007. Today, three original diaries and a cashbook, are in the Minnesota Historical Society. This volume has a fabulous amount of first hand history about this life and times of this trading post giant of the upper Missouri River country during the mid-Nineteenth century. Larpenteur's diaries are some of the best primary source documents for any person wishing to study this exciting era of the old west and its transition into the era of the early Indian Wars. They provide insight into the harsh yet copperative life styles of the fur traders, Indians and trappers in the early years, which were followed by violent bloodshed and atrocities as the immigrant miners and settlers encroached onto Indian lands. They are first-hand documentation of the hardships of life for frontier soldiers who had just recently come from the bloody battles of the Civil War. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; x, 318 pages .