Fur Hunters of the Far West (American Exploration & Travel)
Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Trd)
Published: September 1978
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780806103365
First sentence: IN A WORK published by this writer a few years ago, he traced the history of the Pacific Fur Company, the first commercial association established on the waters of the Oregon or Columbia River, through all the windings of its short-lived existence: an association which promised so much and accomplished so little; like the May fly of an hour, it rose, flittered, and died.