Firearms, Traps, and Tools of the Mountain Men: A Guide to the Equipment of the Trappers and Fur Traders Who Opened the Old West

Russell, Carl P.

ISBN 10: 1602399697 / ISBN 13: 9781602399693

Editore: Skyhorse, 2010

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This classic, scholarly history of the fur trappers and traders of the early nineteenth century focuses on the devices that enabled the opening of the untracked American west. Sprinkled with interesting facts and old western lore, this guide to traps and tools is also a lively history. The era of the mountain man is distinct in American history, and Russell's exhaustive coverage on the guns, traps, knives, axes, and 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.

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

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Titolo: Firearms, Traps, and Tools of the Mountain ...
Casa editrice: Skyhorse
Data di pubblicazione: 2010
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Very Good