SIGNPOSTS OF ADVENTURE. GLACIER NATIONAL PARK AS THE INDIANS KNOW IT

Schultz, James Willard [1859-1947]

Verlag: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1926

Beschreibung

8vo. (21 cm.) [10]3-225p. Black and white frontispiece photo plus 27 black and white captioned photos throughout, most are full-page, and one folding map at the rear of the volume. Includes a chapter entitled "Kutenai Indian Names of the Topographical Features of the West Side of Glacier National Park, from Its Southern Boundary North to the Canadian Line." Grey cloth blocked in black with black letters on the front cover and the spine and with a photo pictorial onlay of Sacred Dancing Lake and Old Man Dog Mountain that repeats one of the photos in the book. Just touches of wear to extremities with nothing rubbed through, top and bottom of spine tender, cloth clean, photo onlay in near fine condition, previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown (Sib Parker), all photos present and in fine condition, map is near fine with no separations, else very good to near fine with no internal markings. No dust jacket. Jump to navigation Jump to search James Willard Schultz JamesWillardSchultz1889.jpg James Willard Schultz, age 30 Born August 26, 1859 Boonville, New York Died June 11, 1947 (aged 87) Wind River Reservation, Wyoming Resting place Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Montana 48°39?31?N 112°52?18?W Other names Apikuni, Appekunny Map all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML James Willard Schultz, or Apikuni, (1859 ? 1947) was an American author, explorer, Glacier National Park guide, fur trader and historian of the Blackfeet Indians. He operated a fur trading post at Carroll, Montana, and lived among the Pikuni tribe during the period 1880-82. He was given the name Apikuni by the Pikuni chief, Running Crane. Apikuni in Blackfeet means "Spotted Robe." Schultz is most noted for his 37 books, most about Blackfoot life, and for his contributions to the naming of prominent features in Glacier National Park. The book offered here is an authoritative guide to Glacier National Park by one who lived there and knew the Blackfeet intimately. A "must have" for any collector of James Willard Schultz, Blackfeet Indians, and/or Glacier National Park. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 009255

Bibliografische Details

Titel: SIGNPOSTS OF ADVENTURE. GLACIER NATIONAL ...

Verlag: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston

Erscheinungsdatum: 1926

Einband: Hardcover

Illustrator: Hileman (of Kalispell, photographer)

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket

Auflage: 1st Edition