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California: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1964. Hardcover.. First Edition. 356 pp. Octavo. No dust-jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Fore and bottom edges deckled, top edge trimmed and brown. Some pages uncut. Half-title included. 6 appendices, a bibliography and an index included. 7 B/W illustrations on 5 plates and 2 folding maps (one coloured and the other B/W). Internally unmarked. Cloth undamaged and unmarked. A tight, very good condition first edition copy of this 1964 novel. George Drouillard is perhaps most notable for his prominent role in ensuring the success of the Lewis and Clark expedition, after which he would become the fur-trading partner of Manual Lisa and established several forts in the Missouri Basin. Drouillard trapped with John Colter and other notable fur-trappers throughout Yellowstone, a region in which he would, in 1810, be killed by Blackfeet individuals. Note: Apart of Western Frontiersmen Series XI. 1964

Glendale, CA: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1965. First edition. first printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Western Frontiersmen Series XI. Not merely an account of the pursuits in which George Drouillard engaged, but an idea as to the kind of man he was, as a member of the expedition under Lewis and Clark, and as a partner of Manuel Lisa in fur trading ventures afterward. 356 pages with bibliography and index, plus two folded maps. Bound in original red cloth with lettering in gilt. Upper corners lightly bumped. A near fine copy in the original brown plain paper dust jacket.

Glendale: The Arthur H. Clark Co., 1964., 1964. First edition. Western Frontiersmen Series XI. First edition. Octavo. Cloth, 356pp., preface, illustrated, two maps, bibliography, index. "From the various journals of the Lewis and Clark expedition and from many more obscure documents, letters and legal records, the author presents not merely an account of the pursuits in which Drouillard engaged, but an idea also of the kind of man he was. The variety of responsibilities assigned to Drouillard form an impressive list - recruiting of personnel, message bearing, retrieving a deserter, pursuing strayed and stolen horses, trading for horses and for canoes, horse gelding, as river-boat helmsman, diplomat to the Indians, boon companion to Lewis –in addition to the hunting and interpreting for which he was specifically hired. Further, Drouillard played a major role in each of the four or five crises of the expedition, and later, as a fur trader, furnished Clark with mapping details of… Read More

Glendale: The Arthur H. Clark Co., 1964., 1964. First edition. Western Frontiersmen Series XI. First edition. Octavo. Cloth, 356pp., preface, illustrated, two maps, bibliography, index. "From the various journals of the Lewis and Clark expedition and from many more obscure documents, letters and legal records, the author presents not merely an account of the pursuits in which Drouillard engaged, but an idea also of the kind of man he was. The variety of responsibilities assigned to Drouillard form an impressive list - recruiting of personnel, message bearing, retrieving a deserter, pursuing strayed and stolen horses, trading for horses and for canoes, horse gelding, as river-boat helmsman, diplomat to the Indians, boon companion to Lewis –in addition to the hunting and interpreting for which he was specifically hired. Further, Drouillard played a major role in each of the four or five crises of the expedition, and later, as a fur trader, furnished Clark with mapping details… Read More

Glendale: The Arthur H. Clark Co., 1964., 1964. First edition. Western Frontiersmen Series XI. First edition. Octavo. Red Cloth, 356pp., preface, illustrated, two maps, bibliography, index. "From the various journals of the Lewis and Clark expedition and from many more obscure documents, letters and legal records, the author presents not merely an account of the pursuits in which Drouillard engaged, but an idea also of the kind of man he was. The variety of responsibilities assigned to Drouillard form an impressive list - recruiting of personnel, message bearing, retrieving a deserter, pursuing strayed and stolen horses, trading for horses and for canoes, horse gelding, as river-boat helmsman, diplomat to the Indians, boon companion to Lewis –in addition to the hunting and interpreting for which he was specifically hired. Further, Drouillard played a major role in each of the four or five crises of the expedition, and later, as a fur trader, furnished Clark with mapping details… Read More

Glendale: The Arthur H. Clark Co., 1964., 1964. First edition. Western Frontiersmen Series XI. First edition. Octavo. Cloth, 356pp., preface, illustrated, two maps, bibliography, index. "From the various journals of the Lewis and Clark expedition and from many more obscure documents, letters and legal records, the author presents not merely an account of the pursuits in which Drouillard engaged, but an idea also of the kind of man he was. The variety of responsibilities assigned to Drouillard form an impressive list - recruiting of personnel, message bearing, retrieving a deserter, pursuing strayed and stolen horses, trading for horses and for canoes, horse gelding, as river-boat helmsman, diplomat to the Indians, boon companion to Lewis –in addition to the hunting and interpreting for which he was specifically hired. Further, Drouillard played a major role in each of the four or five crises of the expedition, and later, as a fur trader, furnished Clark with mapping details… Read More

1964. SKARSTEN, M.O. George Drouillard. Hunter and Interpreter for Lewis and Clark and Fur Trader, 1807-1810. Glendale, Calif.: Arthur H. Clark Co., 1964. 1st ed. Illus. large folding maps. 356pp. Orig. cloth.