This Far-Off Wild Land The Upper Missouri Letters of Andrew Dawson |
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| Author:
| Wischmann, Lesley
Dawson, Andrew |
| Series title: | Western Frontiersmen Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-87062-419-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2013 |
| Publisher: | University of Oklahoma Press
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| Imprint: | Arthur H. Clark Company, The |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $56.00 |
Book Description:
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In the mid-1800s, Andrew Dawson, self-exiled from his home in Scotland, joined the upper Missouri River fur trade and rose through the ranks of the American Fur Company. A headstrong young man, he had come to America at the age of twenty-four after being dismissed from his second job in two years.In This Far-Off Wild Land, Lesley Wischmann and Andrew Erskine Dawson--a relative of this colorful figure--couple an engaging biography of Dawson with thirty-seven of his...
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In the mid-1800s, Andrew Dawson, self-exiled from his home in Scotland, joined the upper Missouri River fur trade and rose through the ranks of the American Fur Company. A headstrong young man, he had come to America at the age of twenty-four after being dismissed from his second job in two years.In This Far-Off Wild Land, Lesley Wischmann and Andrew Erskine Dawson--a relative of this colorful figure--couple an engaging biography of Dawson with thirty-seven of his previously unpublished letters from the American frontier.