Backbone of the World: A True Personal Account of the Commencement of the Rocky Mountain Fur Trade 1822-1824

by Edward Louis Henry

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Backbone of the World is a coming-of-age story of the first two years of the Rocky Mountain fur trade, 1822-24. It is told in his own words by Temple Buck, an Ohio-born lad whose rollicking tale begins with growing up in the Ohio wilderness, how he is kidnapped aboard evil Mike Finkas keelboat, is rescued by a beautiful St. Louis madam, and finally enlists in Ashley and He...more

Paperback, 484 pages

Published March 13th 2006 by PublishAmerica

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