Across the wide Missouri

By Bernard Augustine De Voto

Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life, middle west, Art collections, 19th century, Commerce, Fourrures, Histoire, West (U.S.), Fur trade, West (u.s.), history, Description and travel, Missouri river and valley, History

Description: 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.