{"product_id":"guns-furs-and-gold-an-american-west-history-of-indigenous-peoples-and-explorers-hardback-9781496237613","title":"Guns, Furs, and Gold; An American West History of Indigenous Peoples and Explorers (Hardback) 9781496237613","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGuns, Furs, and Gold\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAn American West History of Indigenous Peoples and Explorers\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLarry E. Morris (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496237613\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 December 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e328 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e“\u003ci\u003eGuns, Furs, and Gold\u003c\/i\u003e presents a well-researched and engaging account of some of the most compelling people and events to tell the often-overlooked early history of the American West at the beginning of a major cultural change.”—\u003cb\u003eClint Gilchrist\u003c\/b\u003e, executive director of Museum of the Mountain Man\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“\u003cb\u003eLarry Morris\u003c\/b\u003e skillfully follows Lewis and Clark, Edward Rose, and Thomas Fitzpatrick as they encounter Indigenous peoples of the Rocky Mountains. His dramatic frontier also shows us Eagle Feather, Grey Eyes, Jedediah Smith, Jim Bridger, the Sublettes, and more.”—\u003cb\u003eJerry Enzler\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eJim Bridger: Trailblazer of the American West\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuns, Furs, and Gold\u003c\/i\u003e offers a riveting narrative of the American West by exploring the interactions of the Arikaras, Crows, Cheyennes, and Arapahos with each other and with Euro-American traders, explorers, and settlers from 1804, when Meriwether Lewis and William Clark embarked on their voyage of discovery, to 1864, when the U.S. Army attacked both Confederate forces in the South and Native nations in the West.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eLarry E. Morris\u003c\/b\u003e recounts the nineteenth-century experience of these four tribes by detailing their interactions with four legendary survivors of a fight with the Arikaras in 1823. These renowned figures include the remarkable trailblazer blazer Jedediah Smith, the unparalleled interpreter Edward Rose, the premier guide and Indian agent Thomas Fitzpatrick, and the grizzly-bear-mauling survivor Hugh Glass. Their careers illuminate the fate of four Indian nations, revealing how—despite the best efforts of several explorers to treat the Indigenous peoples respectfully—the guns, furs, disease, and gold rushes of the interlopers put the Indians’ way of life, their lands, and their very lives at grave risk. The sixty-year period comes to a close when more than 150 Plains Indians, most of them women, children, and elderly, were ambushed and slaughtered by Colonel John Chivington’s Third Colorado Cavalry on the banks of Sand Creek.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Prologue\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. “\u003cbr\u003eA Passage to India”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From Aristotle to Magellan\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. “\u003cbr\u003eThat Wretched Portion of Our Journey”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Meriwether Lewis and the Great Divide\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. “\u003cbr\u003eHe Draws a Line from His Heart to His Mouth”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Eagle Feather, Emissary of the Arikaras\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. “\u003cbr\u003eMr. Rose Came Running into Camp”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Arikara War\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. “\u003cbr\u003eCaptain Smith Had Crossed the Mountains”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Discovery and Rediscovery of South Pass\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. “\u003cbr\u003eA Young Arapaho Indian Named Friday”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Encounters with Fitzpatrick and the Elusive Edward Rose\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. “\u003cbr\u003eThe Whirlwind Is Coming to Destroy My People!”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Indian Nations and the White Man’\u003cbr\u003es Fatal Maladies\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8. “\u003cbr\u003eMajor Fitzpatrick Was a Good Man”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Seeking the Road to Redemption\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Bison Books","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52600268849432,"sku":"9781496237613","price":23.57,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/guns-furs-and-gold-an-american-west-history-of-indigenous-peoples-and-explorers-hardback-9781496237613","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}