{"product_id":"journal-of-an-indian-trader-dan-l-flores-9781585440160","title":"Journal of an Indian Trader: Anthony Glass and the Texas Trading Frountier, 1790-1810","description":"A decade before the celebrated mountain men entered the Northern Plains and Rockies, some dozen little-known trading forays were launched into the plains of the Southwest. Anthony Glass led one of the most important. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1808-1809, with a party of twelve hunter-traders, he acted as semi-official emissary of the U.S. government in the practically uncharted lands of the Taovaya-Wichita and Comanche Indians. His was the first party of whites ever to view the sixteen-hundred-pound meteorite venerated as a healing shrine by the Plains tribes. Alone among the early southwestern traders, Glass kept a lively journal detailing his route and experiences. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eForgotten for nearly two centuries, this journal appears here in its entirety with rich annotation and interpretation by editor Dan L. Flores. Flores offers a novel, sympathetic view of the Indian trader as a sometime instrument of Jeffersonian borderlands diplomacy, and he presents fresh data on the land and its inhabitants. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLandscape, photographs, historically important frontier maps, and contemporary paintings of the traders and the Indians, and their ways of life, further develop this tale of Anthony Glass, Indian trader.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dan L. Flores\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1585440167\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781585440160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas A\u0026amp;M University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/19\/1985\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 6.10w x 0.49d","brand":"Dan L. Flores","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939800973567,"sku":"9781585440160","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_cb325d18-4e50-4a00-9171-b82d1882cf29.jpg?v=1681443563","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/journal-of-an-indian-trader-dan-l-flores-9781585440160","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}