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Firearms, Traps, & Tools of the Mountain Men
Carl P Russell
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Description for Firearms, Traps, & Tools of the Mountain Men
Paperback / so. "A guide to the equipment of the trappers and fur traders who opened the old West"--Cover. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 567.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781602399693
SKU
V9781602399693
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