Across the Wide missouri

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.

About the author

Bernard DeVoto (1897-1955), winner of the Pulitzer Prize, was a renowned scholar-historian of the American West and one of the country's greatest men of letters.

Product details

• Authors: Bernard De Voto, Bernard Augustine de Voto, Bernard Devoto, Bernard Augustine Devoto
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.09.1998
• EAN: 9780395924976
• ISBN: 978-0-395-92497-6
• No. of pages: 450
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 209 mm x 29 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY: WORLD, HISTORY: United States / 19th Century, HISTORY: AMERICAN, HISTORY: Expeditions & Discoveries, HISTORY: Modern / 19th Century, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Economic History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Reference, POLITICAL SCIENCE: American Government / State, POLITICAL SCIENCE: Political Economy, PHILOSOPHY: Political