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UNINA9910808112103321 |
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Autore |
Hoig Stan |
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Titolo |
The Chouteaus [[electronic resource] ] : first family of the fur trade / / Stan Hoig |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Albuquerque, : University of New Mexico Press, 2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-88955-2 |
0-8263-4349-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (615 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Pioneers - Missouri - Saint Louis |
Fur traders - Missouri - Saint Louis |
French Americans - Missouri - Saint Louis |
Businessmen - Missouri - Saint Louis |
Fur trade - Missouri River Valley - History |
Frontier and pioneer life - Missouri River Valley |
Saint Louis (Mo.) Biography |
Missouri River Valley Biography |
Missouri River Valley History |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-315) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Threshold to an empire -- Beyond the great river -- War and peace on the Missouri -- In a Spanish dungeon -- Scions to the fore -- Amid an Indian war -- A frontier in havoc -- The "Osage outfit" -- VIPs at the Verdigris -- Probing the plains -- To the prairies unknown -- Debt unto death -- Steamboats "to the mountains" -- A mile wide and six inches deep -- Deadly cargoes : whiskey and cholera -- Charles Chouteau at the helm -- Passions of war -- Requiems in retrospect -- Addendum : the Chouteau women -- Appendix A : Chouteau families and Osage offspring -- Appendix B : Chouteau-related trading posts -- Appendix C : Chouteau-involved Indian treaties. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In the late eighteenth century, the vast, pristine land that lay west of the Mississippi River remained largely unknown to the outside world. |
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