On the Upper Missouri: The Journal of Rudolph Friederich Kurz, 1851-1852 - Softcover

Kurz, Rudolph

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0806136553 ISBN 13: 9780806136554

Verlag: University of Oklahoma Press, 2022

Inhaltsangabe

Book by Rudolph Friederich Kurz Carla Kelly

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Reseña del editor:

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 of Kurz's journal, 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. Covering the years 1851-1852, the journal captures a critical period in western history. The volume features 97 black-and-white drawings from Kurz's sketchbook.

Biografía del autor:

Carla Kelly is a ranger in the National Park Service at Fort Union Trading Post and a contract research historian for the State Historical Society of North Dakota. Scott Eckberg is a manager for the Idaho Unit of the Nez Perce National Historical Park in the National Park Service.

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• Verlag: University of Oklahoma Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
• ISBN 10: 0806136553
• ISBN 13: 9780806136554
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 348
• Herausgeber: Kelly Carla