Jedediah Smith and the Opening of the West.
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1953. First Edition. 458pp. Octavo [22 cm] Green cloth with the title on the front board and backstrip. Very good/ Near fine. Gentle sunning to spine of price clipped jacket. Item #10942
Morgan's most famous work was a direct result of the time spent in libraries while working for the OPA. Morgan wrote this classic on a badly needed advance from Bobbs-Merrill after Farrar and Rinehart dropped the publication contract for his history of the Mormons and the Guggenheim Foundation failed to renew his fellowship for writing. Despite the impetus behind its creation it is perhaps the best fur-trade biography yet written. Saunders 25. Rittenhouse 425
Dale L. Morgan (1914 – 1971), was an American historian, accomplished researcher, biographer, editor, and critic. He specialized in material on Utah history, Mormon history, the American fur trade, and overland trails. His work is known both for its comprehensive research and accuracy and for the fluid imagery of his prose.
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