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| #61682 in Books | 1998-09-01 | 1998-09-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.25 x1.16 x5.50l,1.00 | File type: PDF | 480 pages||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| Great work of literature, lousy edition.|By Holmes Brannon|The book won the Pulitzer Prize for its author, Bernard DeVoto--and it's one of the outstanding achievements in Western American history. But the edition that I bought from was published by "Bonanza Books" and lacks the absolutely necessary maps that the original editions include and that DeVoto frequently refers|.com |Like many U.S. historians, cultural critic Bernard DeVoto believed that the American character was rooted in the experience of westward expansion. Unlike those who championed the civilizing graces of the agrarian frontier, however, DeVoto drew inspiratio
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Bancroft Prize. Across the Wide Missouri tells the compelling story of the climax and decline of the Rocky Mountain fur trade during the 1830s. More than a history, it portrays the mountain fur trade as a way of business and a way of life, vividly illustrating how it shaped the expansion of the American West.
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