BRACKENRIDGE, Henry Marie (1786-1871). Views of Louisiana; together with a Journal of a Voyage up the Missouri River, in 1811 . Pittsburgh: Cramer, Spear and Eichbaum, 1814.
BRACKENRIDGE, Henry Marie (1786-1871). Views of Louisiana; together with a Journal of a Voyage up the Missouri River, in 1811 . Pittsburgh: Cramer, Spear and Eichbaum, 1814. 8 o (209 x 124 mm). (Bound with a duplicate of signature Gg.) Original boards (rebacked, a few pale stains); blue cloth chemise and slipcase. "THE WORK OF A MAN WHO EXAMINED CAREFULLY INTO THE HABITS AND CHARACTER OF THE INDIANS OF THE UPPER MISSOURI" (Field) FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF THE EARLIEST PERSONAL TRAVEL NARRATIVES TO THE UPPER MISSOURI AFTER LEWIS AND CLARK. "Brackenridge gives an account of the fur trade, principally of Manuel Lisa's operations, and describes the expedition to the Yellowstone in 1807, the formation of the Missouri Fur Company, and the expedition to the forks of the Missouri. The second part of the above, Journal of a Voyage up to the Missouri River , describes Brackenridge's trip up the Missouri with Lisa to a newly established post of the Missouri Fur Company, upstream from the Mandan villages" (Wagner-Camp-Becker). The Louisiana Gazette published a series of Brackenridge's essays describing the Louisiana country. Clark Old South II:136; Coe p. 24; Field 166; Graff 379; Howes B-688; Raines p. 30; Sabin 7176; Streeter sale III:1776; Wagner-Camp-Becker 12:1.
BRACKENRIDGE, Henry Marie (1786-1871). Views of Louisiana; together with a Journal of a Voyage up the Missouri River, in 1811 . Pittsburgh: Cramer, Spear and Eichbaum, 1814.
BRACKENRIDGE, Henry Marie (1786-1871). Views of Louisiana; together with a Journal of a Voyage up the Missouri River, in 1811 . Pittsburgh: Cramer, Spear and Eichbaum, 1814. 8 o (209 x 124 mm). (Bound with a duplicate of signature Gg.) Original boards (rebacked, a few pale stains); blue cloth chemise and slipcase. "THE WORK OF A MAN WHO EXAMINED CAREFULLY INTO THE HABITS AND CHARACTER OF THE INDIANS OF THE UPPER MISSOURI" (Field) FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF THE EARLIEST PERSONAL TRAVEL NARRATIVES TO THE UPPER MISSOURI AFTER LEWIS AND CLARK. "Brackenridge gives an account of the fur trade, principally of Manuel Lisa's operations, and describes the expedition to the Yellowstone in 1807, the formation of the Missouri Fur Company, and the expedition to the forks of the Missouri. The second part of the above, Journal of a Voyage up to the Missouri River , describes Brackenridge's trip up the Missouri with Lisa to a newly established post of the Missouri Fur Company, upstream from the Mandan villages" (Wagner-Camp-Becker). The Louisiana Gazette published a series of Brackenridge's essays describing the Louisiana country. Clark Old South II:136; Coe p. 24; Field 166; Graff 379; Howes B-688; Raines p. 30; Sabin 7176; Streeter sale III:1776; Wagner-Camp-Becker 12:1.
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