num_pages: 480
description: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Bancroft Prize. Across the Wide Missouri tells the compelling story of the climax and decline of the Rocky Mountain fur trade during the 1830s. More than a history, it portrays the mountain fur trade as a way of business and a way of life, vividly illustrating how it shaped the expansion of the American West.
language: English
title: Across The Wide Missouri
titlecomplete: Across The Wide Missouri
genres: American, Adventure, Americana, Westerns, Nonfiction, American History, Travel, History
ratings_count: 459
series: Trilogy of the West
awards: awardedAt: -694281600000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: History, awardedAt: -694281600000
name: Bancroft Prize
publisher: Harper Perennial