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FIREARMS, TRAPS AND TOOLS OF MOUNTAIN MEN: A GUIDE TO THE EQUIPMENT OF THE TRAPPERS AND FUR TRADERS WHO OPENED THE OLD WEST

by: Carl P. Russell

This classic history of the traders of the early 19th century focuses on their equipment. Sprinkled with interesting facts & lore; a lively history. The era of the mountain man is distinct in American history, & Russell’s exhaustive coverage on the guns, traps, knives, axes, & other iron tools of this era, along with meticulous appendices, is astonishing. 400 B&W illus; 6×9 inches, 480 pgs.

1-60239-969-7
978-1-60239-969-3
Softcover
04-30-2010
Western Americana & Frontier

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This classic, scholarly history of the fur trappers & traders of the early nineteenth century focuses on the devices that enabled the opening of the untracked American west. Sprinkled with interesting facts & old western lore, this guide to traps & tools is also a lively history. The era of the mountain man is distinct in American history, & Russell’s exhaustive coverage on the guns, traps, knives, axes, & other iron tools of this era, along with meticulous appendices, is astonishing. The result of thirty-five years of painstaking research, this is the definitive guide to the tools of the mountain men.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Carl P. Russell
(1894-1967) was a conservationist with a PhD from the University of Michigan & was the author of a number of books including One Hundred Years in Yosemite & Guns on the Early Frontiers. He was superintendent of Yosemite National Park from 1947 to 1952.

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ISBN: 1-60239-969-7
Publisher: SKYHORSE
Publish Date: 04-30-2010

“FIREARMS, TRAPS AND TOOLS OF MOUNTAIN MEN: A GUIDE TO THE EQUIPMENT OF THE TRAPPERS AND FUR TRADERS WHO OPENED THE OLD WEST”

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