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Informationen zum Autor Mari Sandoz (1896-1966) is the noted author of The Buffalo Hunters, The Cattlemen, and The Battle of the Little Bighorn (all available in Bison Books editions). Andrew R. Graybill is an associate professor of history at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the author of Policing the Great Plains: Rangers, Mounties, and the North American Frontier, 1875-1910 (Nebraska 2007). Klappentext Mari Sandoz (1896¿1966) is the noted author of The Buffalo Hunters, The Cattlemen, and The Battle of the Little Bighorn (all available in Bison Books editions).¿Andrew R. Graybill is an associate professor of history at the University of Nebraska¿Lincoln and the author of Policing the Great Plains: Rangers, Mounties, and the North American Frontier, 1875¿1910 (Nebraska 2007). Zusammenfassung Covering more than two centuries! The Beaver Men recounts the beginning of the beaver trade along the St. Lawrence to the last great rendezvous of traders and trappers on Ham's Fork! in what is now Wyoming! in 1834. The Beaver Men is the third in Mari Sandoz's trilogy of books narrating the history of the American West in relation to an animal species. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionAcknowledgmentsForewordBOOK I. SOFT GOLD1. Bearded Men and Summer Fairs2. Castor, Guardian of Hospitality3. Paddle and Portage4. Still Ponds and War WhoopsBOOK II. THE RISE OF THE COMPANY1. River to the "Vermillion Sea"2. The Romantic Explorations3. The Gentlemen Adventurers4. A Daring Race of Scots5. The Five Villages--International PreyBOOK III. THE FIERCER RIVALRIES1. Voyageurs of the Plains2. Americans to the Western Sea3. Winter of the Explorers4. Fur Fair and Blackfeet Wall5. Pursuit of the Eternal Remnant6. Romantic Buckskin to the Last Boisson7. "Gone" Rendezvous and Foppish SilkNotesBibliographyIndexKey to Map on Pages ii-iii
