Details

Subject(s)

• Missouri River [Browse]
• West (U.S.)—History [Browse]

Illustrator

• Smith, Jacob Getlar, 1898-1958 [Browse]

Series

Rivers of America [More in this series]

Summary note

In his review of The Missouri, Allan Nevins noted its theme of tremendous scope: ?The Missouri was the river of Lewis and Clark, of Manuel Lisa, General Ashley, and other organizers of the fur trade; of such noted travelers as George Catlin, Henry R. Schoolcraft, and Prince Maximilian; of a host of adventurous steamboat captains; of explorers like Jedediah Smith, Kit Carson, and Frémont; of doughty hunters and trappers like Hugh Glass, Jim Bridger, and John Colter.?

Notes

Originally published: 1945.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-354) and index.

Contents

• Highway
• I Father of Navigation p. 11
• II Missouri Marathon p. 18
• III Steamboat 'Round the Bend p. 34
• IV Long's Dragon p. 50
• V Princess of the Missouri p. 59
• VI Big Muddy p. 66
• VII Beaver Tails and Wild Honey p. 73
• Boundary
• VIII Mormon Migration p. 85
• IX Diving for Furs p. 98
• X Hell on the Border p. 106
• XI Kaycee p. 123
• XII Ak-Sar-Ben p. 130
• XIII Chief Blackbird and Sergeant Floyd p. 139
• XIV Petrified Man p. 149
• XV Range and Grange p. 162
• Outpost
• XVI Mountain Men p. 183
• XVIII Four Bears p. 204
• XIX Custer and Comanche p. 219
• XX Ghost Dance p. 226
• XXI Missouri River Women p. 243
• XXII Little Missouri p. 259
• XXIII Fort Union p. 267
• XXIV Great Dam p. 278
• XXV Honeymoon Cruise p. 285
• XXVI White Castles p. 292
• XXVII Chief Joseph's Last Battle p. 299
• XXVIII Gypsies of the Upper River p. 311
• XXIX Great Falls p. 316
• XXX Gates of the Mountains p. 322
• XXXI Three Forks p. 330.

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ISBN

• 1493040103 (paperback)
• 9781493040100 (paperback)

OCLC

1082403370

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