The Fur Hunters of the Far West: a Narrative of Adventures in the Oregon and Rocky Mountains. Volume 1 of 2

Publisher Marketing: Title: The fur hunters of the far West: a narrative of adventures in the Oregon and Rocky Mountains. Author: Alexander RossPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U. S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more. Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more. Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP02907201CollectionID: CTRG99-B626PublicationDate: 18550101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: "Vocabulary of the languages spoken by the Nez Perces and other tribes inhabiting the country about the Great Fores of Columbia River."--Vol. 1, p. [313]-323. Collation: 2 v.: folded map, port.; 20 cm Contributor Bio:  Ross, Alexander Terry Crowley is professor of history at the University of Guelph, and is editor of the journal Ontario History. Among his books are "Clio's Craft: A Primer of Historical Methods; One Voice: A History of the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association" (with C. A. V. Baker); "Agnes MacPhail and the Politics of Equality", which won the W. C. Good Writing Award of the Rural Learning Association; and "Canadian History to 1867: The Birth of a Nation". Dr. Crowley has contributed sections on the French regime to "The Concise History of Christianity in Canada" and rural labour in "Labouring Lives: Work and Workers in Nineteenth-Century Ontario", which won the Ontario Historical Society's J. J. Thalman Award.