Mr. Hunt and the fabulous plan
By: by Cecil Pearl Dryden ; illustrated by Beatrice Driessen.
Contributors: Driessen, Beatrice.
Publisher: Caxton Printers
Published: 1964
Place of publication: Caldwell, Idaho
Language: eng
Number of pages: 343
Subjects: Hunt, Wilson Price, -- 1783?-1842 -- Juvenile fiction.; Pacific Fur Company -- Juvenile fiction.; Overland journeys to the Pacific -- 1811 -- Juvenile fiction.; Oregon National Historic Trail -- Juvenile fiction.
Genres: Juvenile fiction.
Description: Departing St. Louis on 11 Mar, 1811, Wilson Hunt led the next great expedition west after Lewis and Clark under the auspices of the John Jacob Astor "Pacific Fur Co.". The purpose was to achieve a monopoly on the furs of the Oregon country and to wrest control of same away  from the British dominated Northwest Company. The scheme included barter and trade with the Indian tribes and trade with Russian America and China as well.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [342]-343.

Photocopy. Ann Arbor Mich. : University Microfilms, 1964. 343 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.