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Author:   Larry E. Morris
Publisher:   University of Nebraska Press
Imprint:   University of Nebraska Press
ISBN:  

9781496237613

ISBN 10:   1496237617
Pages:   328
Publication Date:   31 December 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Prologue Chapter 1. “A Passage to India” From Aristotle to Magellan Chapter 2. “That Wretched Portion of Our Journey” Meriwether Lewis and the Great Divide Chapter 3. “He Draws a Line from His Heart to His Mouth” Eagle Feather, Emissary of the Arikaras Chapter 4. “Mr. Rose Came Running into Camp” The Arikara War Chapter 5. “Captain Smith Had Crossed the Mountains” The Discovery and Rediscovery of South Pass Chapter 6. “A Young Arapaho Indian Named Friday” Encounters with Fitzpatrick and the Elusive Edward Rose Chapter 7. “The Whirlwind Is Coming to Destroy My People!” Indian Nations and the White Man’s Fatal Maladies Chapter 8. “Major Fitzpatrick Was a Good Man” Seeking the Road to Redemption Notes Bibliography Index

Reviews

“Guns, Furs, and Gold presents a well-researched and engaging account of some of the most compelling people and events to tell the often-overlooked early history of the American West at the beginning of a major cultural change.”—Clint Gilchrist, executive director of Museum of the Mountain Man “Larry Morris skillfully follows Lewis and Clark, Edward Rose, and Thomas Fitzpatrick as they encounter Indigenous peoples of the Rocky Mountains. His dramatic frontier also shows us Eagle Feather, Grey Eyes, Jedediah Smith, Jim Bridger, the Sublettes, and more.”—Jerry Enzler, author of Jim Bridger: Trailblazer of the American West

Author Information

Larry E. Morris is an independent writer and historian. He is the author of numerous books, including The Fate of the Corps: What Became of the Lewis and Clark Explorers After the Expedition, a History Book Club selection; The Perilous West: Seven Amazing Explorers and the Founding of the Oregon Trail; and In the Wake of Lewis and Clark: The Expedition and the Making of Antebellum America.  

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