Forty Years a Fur Trader On the Upper Missouri: The Personal Narrative of Charles Larpenteur, 1833-1872 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781019380673)

In this remarkable firsthand account, Charles Larpenteur describes his adventures as a fur trader in the American West. From his early days as a clerk with the American Fur Company to his later years as a government agent and territorial governor, Larpenteur's memoir offers a fascinating glimpse into an era of American history that is rapidly disappearing.

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