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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462280503321

Autore

Willoughby Robert J

Titolo

The brothers Robidoux and the opening of the American West [[electronic resource] /] / Robert J. Willoughby

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, 2012

ISBN

0-8262-7291-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (269 p.)

Disciplina

978.02

Soggetti

French-Canadians - Missouri

Electronic books.

West (U.S.) History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The business of the father -- Emerging sons -- Working the Missouri -- Into the mountains -- Trouble at Council Bluffs -- The Blacksnake Hills Post -- Brothers in New Mexico -- Joseph builds his own town -- Dwindling prospects in the mountains -- War and finding home -- Queen City of the west -- The end of their era -- Epilogue.

Sommario/riassunto

Story of the six brothers who came from Canada to Saint Louis, creating fur trading and Indian trading businesses, founding towns, exploring Missouri, and dealing in land.