| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 348 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-337) and index. |
| Summary |
The accounts of the mountain men are spun from the experiences of a nation moving westward: a trapper returns from the dead; hunters feast on buffalo intestines served on a dirty blanket; a missionary woman is astounded by the violence and vulgarity of the trappers' rendezvous. These are just a few of the narratives, tall tales, and lies that make up A Rendezvous Reader. The writers represented in this book include dyed-in-the-wool trappers, adventuring European nobles, upward-gazing Eastern missionaries, and just plain hacks who never unsheathed a Green River knife or traveled farther west than the Ohio River. What these writers have in common is that all helped create a uniquely American icon - the mountain man. |
| Contents |
Tall tales, amazing scenes, and trickery of the fur trade -- Heading for the mountains -- Trappers and their trade -- Mountain women -- Famous trappers -- Rendezvous -- Critics of the fur trade -- Indians -- Animals -- Missionaries -- Fur trappers in fiction -- Farewell to the mountain-man life. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Sources.
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Frontier and pioneer life. |
| Genre/Form |
Sources.
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| Subject |
Fur trade -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.
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Fur trade. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
West (U.S.) -- History -- To 1848 -- Sources.
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West (U.S.) -- History -- 1848-1860 -- Sources.
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Fur traders -- West (U.S.) -- Biography.
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Fur traders. |
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Trappers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography.
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Trappers. |
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Fur traders' writings, American.
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Fur traders' writings, American. |
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Trappers' writings, American.
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Trappers' writings, American. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Maguire, James H.
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Wild, Peter, 1940-
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Barclay, Donald A.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rendezvous reader. Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, ©1997 0874805384 (DLC) 97010969 (OCoLC)36726740 |
| ISBN |
0585159432 (electronic book) |
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9780585159430 (electronic book) |
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0874805384 (alkaline paper) |
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9780874805383 (alkaline paper) |
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0874805392 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780874805390 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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