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On the Upper Missouri - The Journal of Rudolph Friederich Kurz, 1851-1852 (Paperback, Abridged edition) Loot Price: R847
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On the Upper Missouri - The Journal of Rudolph Friederich Kurz, 1851-1852 (Paperback, Abridged edition): Carla Kelly

On the Upper Missouri - The Journal of Rudolph Friederich Kurz, 1851-1852 (Paperback, Abridged edition)

Carla Kelly; Introduction by Scott Eckberg; Rudolph Kurz

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In late 1846, Rudolph Friederich Kurz, a young and idealistic Swiss artist, came to the United States to study and paint American Indians. Because he also had to earn a living, he signed on with the Pierre Chouteau Jr. Company (commonly known as the American Fur Company) and traveled northward on the Missouri River to work as a clerk at Fort Berthold and Fort Union in present-day North Dakota. While living among fur traders and Indians of numerous tribes, Kurz filled a sketchbook and kept a detailed journal.

"On the Upper Missouri," an abridged and annotated version of his journal, is an invaluable source for information about Fort Union, the fur trade industry, and Indians of the northern plains. For this edition, editor Carla Kelly has preserved Kurz's style but included only those portions of greatest interest to readers today: his lively and detailed observations of people and activities at the fort. The volume also features 97 black-and-white drawings from Kurz's sketchbook.

General

Imprint: University of Oklahoma Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: March 2005
First published: May 2005
Editors: Carla Kelly
Introduction by: Scott Eckberg
Authors: Rudolph Kurz
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 352
Edition: Abridged edition
ISBN-13: 978-0-8061-3655-4
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military
Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > Humanities > History > American history > General
Books > History > American history > General
Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > Biography > Historical, political & military
LSN: 0-8061-3655-3
Barcode: 9780806136554

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