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Dellenbaugh, Frederick S.

Breaking the Wilderness. The Story of the Conquest of the Far West...

New York and London G.P. Putnam's Sons 1905, First edition. Octavo. Color frontispiece and nearly 150 photographs, drawings, prints and maps, by Dellenbaugh, J.K. Hilliers, W.H. Jackson, George Catlin, Watkins, and others. Index. Original pictorial tan cloth stamped in black and reddish-brown. One corner a bit jammed, else a fine copy. A chroological and detailed review of the important events which contributed to the opening of the West, with particular attention to the trappers and traders. Covers the adventures of Pike, Colter, Manual Lisa, Ashley, James O. Pattie, Jedediah Smith, Kit Carson, Bonneville, Fremont, and many others. [Rader: 1107].

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