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Thomas Fitzpatrick was a trapper and a trailblazer who became the head of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company. With Jedediah Smith he led the trapper band that discovered South Pass; he then shepherded the first two emigrant wagon trains to Oregon, was official guide to Fremont on his longest expedition. This title tells about his life.

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"A distinct and valuable contribution to American biography."—Henry Steele Commager, Books
"The volume will appeal to everyone with a lively imagination and an interest in the early West."—New York Times
"The general reader as well as the special student will be chiefly interested in the volume as a description of life in the West and as a chapter in the history of the contact of races in America. . . . A highly entertaining story"—American Historical Review

Broken Hand

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      Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/02/1981
      ISBN13: 9780803272088, 978-0803272088
      ISBN10: 0803272081

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Thomas Fitzpatrick was a trapper and a trailblazer who became the head of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company. With Jedediah Smith he led the trapper band that discovered South Pass; he then shepherded the first two emigrant wagon trains to Oregon, was official guide to Fremont on his longest expedition. This title tells about his life.

      Trade Review
      "A distinct and valuable contribution to American biography."—Henry Steele Commager, Books
      "The volume will appeal to everyone with a lively imagination and an interest in the early West."—New York Times
      "The general reader as well as the special student will be chiefly interested in the volume as a description of life in the West and as a chapter in the history of the contact of races in America. . . . A highly entertaining story"—American Historical Review

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