BOOK LIST (updated
6/20/08)
Fur
Trade Indian
Studies Exploration
of the West Artists
of the West Military
in the West Natural History/Regional
Studies
Children's Books
FUR TRADE OF THE AMERICAN
WEST
Barbour, B. Fort Union and
the Upper Missouri Fur Trade. Oklahoma Press, 2001. (hardcover)
$24.95, (paperback) $21.95
NEW!
Berry, D. Majority of Scoundrels. Arizona Press,
2006. $22.95
Bettis,
M. For Wood and Water. Mahrbet Productions, 2000.
$13.50
Carriker,
R. Father Peter De Smet: Jesuit of the West. Oklahoma
Press, 1995. (hardcover) $24.95, (paperback) $19.95
NEW!
Casler, M. (ed.)
The original Journals of Charles Larpenteur. The
Fur Press, 2007. $50.00
Casler, M. Steamboats of the Fort Union
Fur Trade. Fort Union Association, 1999. (hardcover)
$24.95, (paperback) $12.95

Chardon,
F.A. Chardon's Journal at Fort Clark, 1834-1839.
Nebraska Press, 1997. $25.00
Chittenden, H. The American
Fur Trade in the Far West, Volume I. Nebraska Press,
1986. $24.95
Chittenden,
H. The American Fur Trade in the Far West, Volume II.
Nebraska Press, 1986. $20.95
Christian,
S. Before Lewis & Clark: The Story of the Chouteaus.
Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2004. $15.00
DeVore, S. Beads of the
Bison Robe Trade. Friends of Fort Union, 1992. (hardcover)
$30.00, (paperback) $15.00
De Voto, B. Across the Wide
Missouri. Houghton-Mifflin Co., 1947. $17.95
Fort
Union Association. Fur Trade Symposium 2000 Proceedings.
Fort Union Association, 2001. $8.95
Friends
of Fort Union. Fort Union Fur Trade Symposium Proceedings,
Sept. 13-15, 1990. Friends of Fort Union, 1994. $5.50 50%
off - Originally $10.95
Gowans,
F. Rocky Mountain Rendezvous. Gibbs Smith Publishers,
2005. $17.50
NEW!
Guthrie,
A. B. The Big Sky. Houghton Mifflin, 2002. $14.00
Hafen,
L. Brokenhand: Thomas Fitzpatrick. Nebraska Press,
1973. $24.95
Hafen,
L. (ed.) French Fur Traders and Voyageurs in the American
West. Arthur H. Clark, 1995. (softcover)$29.95
Hafen,
L. (ed.) Fur Traders, Trappers, and Mountain Men. Nebraska
Press, 1995. $8.95
Hafen,
L. (ed.) Mountain Men and Fur Traders of the Far West.
Nebraska Press, 1982. $17.95
Hafen,
L. (ed.) Trappers of the Far West. Nebraska Press,
1983. $29.95
Hanson,
C. The Hawken Rifle: Its Place in History. Fur
Press, 1994. $15.50
Hanson,
J. Fur Trade Cutlery Sketchbook. Fur Press, 1994.
$9.00
Hanson, J. When
Skins Were Money: A History of the Fur Trade. Museum of the
Fur Trade, 2005. Hardcover: $34.95, Paperback: $24.95
Hanson,
J. & Wilson, K. Buckskinner's Cookbook. Fur
Press, 1979. $11.00
Harris,
R. John Colter: His Years in the Rockies. Nebraska
Press, 1993. $11.95
Heidenreich,
V. The Fur Trade in North Dakota. ND State Historical
Society, 1990. $8.95
Huck, B. Exploring the Fur
Trade Routes of North America. Heartland Associates,
2nd Edition (2002). $29.95
Innis,
B. Sagas of the Smoky-Water. Centennial Press,
1985. $9.95

Kelly,
C. (ed) On the Upper Missouri: The Journal of Rudolph Friederich
Kurz. Oklahoma Press, 2005. $24.95
Larpenteur, C. Forty Years a
Fur Trader on the Upper Missouri. Nebraska Press, 1989.
$19.95

Lavender,
D. Fist in the Wilderness. Nebraska Press, 1998.
$25.00
Letellier,
L. Louis Dace Letellier: Adventures on the Upper Missouri.
Fort Union Association, 2002. Hardcover $12.95
Madsen,
A. John Jacob Astor: America's First Multimillionaire.
John Wiley & Sons, 2001. $34.95
Maguire,
Wild, & Borsday, eds. A Rendezvous Reader.
Utah Press, 1997. $21.95
Matzko,
J. Reconstructing Fort Union. Nebraska Press, 2001.
$45.00
Minnesota
Historical Society. Where Two Worlds Meet. Minnesota
Historical Society, 1992. $18.95
Montana
Historical Society. Montana - The Magazine of Western History:
Fur Trade Issue. Montana Hist. Soc., Winter 1993. $6.50
Montana
Historical Society. Montana - The Magazine of Western History:
Deschamps Article. Montana Hist. Soc., Winter 2004. $9.50
Morgan, D. Jedediah Smith
and the Opening of the West. Nebraska Press, 1953. $19.95
Myers,
J. Saga of Hugh Glass. Nebraska Press, 1963. $14.00
Pfaller,
L. Father De Smet in North Dakota. Assumption Abbey
Press, 1962. $5.50
Ross,
L. Trade Beads from Archaeological Excavations of Fort
Union (CD-ROM). Fort Union Association, 2000. $20.00
Russell,
C. Firearms, Traps, and Tools of the Mountain Men.
New Mexico Press, 1967. $23.95
Russell, O. Journal of a
Trapper. Nebraska Press, 1965. $14.95
Sachsen-Altenburg
& Dyer. Duke Paul of Wuerttemberg on the Missouri Frontier.
Pekitanoui Publications, 1998. $16.50
Sunder,
J. Bill Sublette: Mountain Man. Oklahoma Press,
1987. $19.95

Sunder,
J. Fur Trade on the Upper Missouri. Oklahoma Press,
1965. $21.95
Thompson, E. Fort Union
Trading Post: Fur Trade Empire on the Upper Missouri. Fort
Union Association, 2003. $9.95
NEW!
Tichenor,
H. The Blanket: An Illustrated history of the Hudson's Bay
Point Blanket. Woolrich Inc. 2002 $13.95
Townshend
& Son. Making Fire with Flint & Steel. Townshend
& Son, 1996. $2.00
Utley,
R. After Lewis & Clark: Mountain Men and Paths to the
Pacific. Nebraska Press, 2004. $19.95
Van
Kirk, S. Many Tender Ties. Oklahoma Press,
1980. $24.95
Vestal,
S. Jim Bridger: Mountain Man. Nebraska Press, 1946.
$15.95
Wilson,
K. & Hanson, J. Feminine Fur Trade Fashions.
Fur Press, 1976. $9.50
Wishart,
D. Fur Trade of the American West. Nebraska Press,
1992. $21.95
Wischmann,
L. Frontier Diplomats: The Life and Times of Alexander
Culbertson & Natawista. Oklahoma Press, 2004. (New
softcover printing)
$24.95
Wood,
W. & Thiessen, T. Early Fur Trade on the Northern Plains.
Oklahoma Press, 1985. $31.95
Wilson,
K. &Hanson, L. Feminine Fur Trade Fashions.
Fur Press, 1976. $9.00
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NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES
NEW!
Belitz,
L. The Buffalo Hide Tipi of the Sioux. Belitz, 2006. $27.95
Belitz,
L. Brain Tanning the Sioux Way. Pine Ridge Indian
Res., 1993. $2.00
Bowers,
A. Hidatsa Social and Ceremonial Organization.
Nebraska Press, 2004. $24.95
Calloway, C. One Vast Winter
Count: Native American West Before Lewis & Clark.
Nebraska Press, 2003. $39.95
Catlin,
G. North American Indians, Vol. I. Dover, 1973.
$14.50
Catlin,
G. North American Indians, Vol. II. Dover, 1973.
$14.50
Denig, E. The Assiniboine.
Oklahoma Press, 2000. $19.95
Denig,
E. Five Indian Tribes of the Upper Missouri. Oklahoma
Press, 1972. $19.95
Ewers, J. Blackfeet: Raiders
of the Northwest Plains. Oklahoma Press, 1958. $24.95
Ewers,
J. The Horse in Blackfoot Culture. Smithsonian
Press, 1955. $26.95
Ewers,
J. Indian Life on the Upper Missouri. Oklahoma
Press, 1968. $19.95
Ewers,
J. Plains Indian History and Culture. Oklahoma
Press, 1997. (Hardcover) $24.95, (softcover) $19.95
Fox,
G. Reprints in Anthro. 37: Late 19th Century Village of
Dissident Hidatsa. J & L Reprint Co., 1988.
Was $17.95
Now
$10.00 !!
Hamm,
J. Bows and Arrows of Native Americans. Bois D'Arc
Press, 1989. $16.95
Hanson, J. Metal Weapons,
Tools & Ornaments of the Teton Dakota Indians. Fur
Press, 2001. $27.00

Hassrick,
R. The Sioux. Oklahoma Press, 1964. $24.95
Hedren,
P. Sitting Bull's Surrender at Fort Buford. Fort
Union Association, 1997. $6.95
Holder,
P. The Hoe and the Horse on the Plains. Nebraska
Press, 1970. $16.95
Howard,
J. Strange Empire. Minnesota Historical Society,
1952. $28.50
Hoxie, F. Parading Through
History: The Making of the Crow Nation. Cambridge Press,
1995. (Hardcover) $29.95, (softcover)$24.00
Jablow,
J. The Cheyenne in Plains Indian Trade Relations,
1795-1840. Nebraska Press, 1994. $16.95
Jackson,
J. The Piikani Blackfeet. Mountain Press, 2000.
(softcover) $18.00
Jennys,
S. 19th Century Plains Indian Dresses. Crazy Crow, 2004.
$25.00
Johnston,
B. Ojibway Heritage. Nebraska Press, 1990. $12.95
Karklins, K. Trade Ornament
Usage Among Native Peoples of
Canada.
Parks Canada, 1992. $24.00
Laubin,
R. & G. The Indian Tipi: Its History, Construction,
and Use. Oklahoma Press, 1989. $24.95
Long, J. Land of Nakoda.
Riverbend Publishing, 2004. $19.95
REDUCED
Now $14.95
Lowie, R. The Crow Indians.
Nebraska Press, 1983. $18.95
Lyford,
C. Quill and Beadwork of the Western Sioux. Johnson
Publishing Co., 1994. $11.00
Mandelbaum,
D. Plains Cree. Canadian Plains Research Center,
1979. $24.00
McClintock,
W. The Old North Trail. Nebraska Press, 1992. $18.95
Milloy,
J. The Plains Cree. Manitoba Press, 1988. $18.00
Nester,
W. The Arikira War: The First Plains Indian War, 1832.
Mountain Press, 2001. (Hardcover) $29.95, SALE! $18.00,
(softcover) $18.00
Parks,
D. Myths and Traditions of the Arikira Indians. Nebraska
Press, 1996. $29.95
Peers,
L. Ojibway of Western Canada. Minnesota Historical
Society, 1994. $16.95
Peters,
V. Women of the Earthlodges. Okalahoma Press, 2000.
$19.95
Peterson, J. Sacred Encounters:
Father DeSmet and the Indians of the Rocky Mountain West.
Oklahoma Press, 1993. $24.95 Reduced! now only
$15.95
Prucha,
F. Indian Peace Medals. Rivilio Books, 1994. $24.95
Reid,
R. Sakakawea: The Bird Woman. State Historical
Society of North Dakota, 1986. $3.00
Stolzman,
W. How to Take Part in Lakota Ceremonies. Tipi
Press, 1994. $5.00
Sullivan
& Vrooman. M-E Ecci Aashi Awadi: The Knife River Indian
Villages. Theodore Roosevelt Assoc., 1995. $7.50
NEW!
Thybony, S. The Tipi: Portable Home of the Plains. Western
National Parks Association, 2003. $3.70
Tomkins,
W. Indian Sign Language. Dover Publications, 1969.
$7.50
Trimble,
M. Reprints in Anthro. 33: An Ethnohistorical Interp. of
the Spread of Smallpox. J & L Reprint Co.,
1986. Was $20.00 Now
$10.00
Walker,
J. Lakota Society. Nebraska Press, 1992. $14.95
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EXPLORATION OF THE AMERICAN
WEST
Ambrose,
S. Undaunted Courage. Simon & Schuster, 2002.
(softcover) $17.00
Culbertson,
T. Reprints in Anthro. 22: Journal of Expedition to Mauvaises
Terres and the Upper MO. US Print. Of., 1982. Was $18.50
Now
$10.00
Cutright,
P. Lewis and Clark: Pioneering Naturalists. Nebraska
Press, 1969. $25.95
Foley,
W. Wilderness Journey; Life of William Clark. Missouri,
2004, $29.95
Gillespie,
M. Wild River, Wooden Boats: True Stories of Steamboating
and the Missouri River. Heritage Press, 2000. $16.95

Goetzmann,
W. Exploring the American West 1803-1879. National
Park Service, 1982. $7.95
Goetzmann & Williams. The
Atlas of North American Exploration. Oklahoma Press,
1992. $29.95

Hanson,
J. Conquest of the Missouri: Life & Exploits of Capt.
Grant Marsh. Stackpole, 2003. $25.00
Hunter,
L. Steamboats on the Western Rivers.
Dover
Publishing, 1993. $26.95
Jenkinson,
C. A Lewis & Clark Chapbook: Lewis & Clark in North
Dakota. ND Humanities Council, 2002. $1.90
Jenkinson, C. A Vast and
Open Plain: Writings of Lewis & Clark Expedition in North
Dakota, 1804-1806. SHS of ND, 2003. Paper $34.95
Jones,
L. (ed.) The Essential Lewis & Clark. Ecco
Press, 2000. $13.95
Lavender, D. The Way to
the Western Sea: Lewis & Clark Across the Continent.
Nebraska Press, 2001. $19.95

Moulton,
G. Lewis & Clark Journals; American Epic. Nebraska,
2004. Now
in Paperback:
$17.95
Recommended!
Abridgement
of the University of Nebraska edition of the journals which is
considered the most complete reference work on the expedition.
Nisbet,
J. Sources of the River: Tracking David Thompson Across
Western North America. Sasquatch, 1994. $16.95
Peck,
D. Or Perish in the Attempt: Wilderness Medicine of Lewis
& Clark Expedition. Farcountry Press, 2002. $19.50
Ronda, J. Lewis and Clark
Among the Indians: Bicentennial Edition. Nebraska
Press, 2003. $17.95 Ranger's Choice!
Skarsten
& Carricker. George Drouillard: Hunter & Interpreter
of the Lewis & Clark Expedition. Nebraska, 2005. Paperback:
$16.95
Thomasa,
K. The Truth about Sacajawea. Grandview Publishing,
1997. $7.95
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ARTISTS OF THE AMERICAN
WEST
Dippie,
B. Catlin and His Contemporaries. Nebraska Press,
1990. (Hardcover) $80.00
Eckberg,
S. Rudolf F. Kurz at Fort Union: Artist, Clerk, Chronicler.
Fort Union Association, 2002. $3.50
Hunt,
D. Karl Bodmer's America. Nebraska Press &
Joslyn Art Museum, 1984. (Hardcover) $150.00
Wood, Parker &
Hunt. Karl Bodmer's Studio Art. Illinois Press,
2002. $47.50
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MILITARY HISTORY OF THE
AMERICAN WEST
DeTrobriand,
P. Military Life in Dakota. Ft. Stevenson Foundation,
2005. $17.95
Frazer,
R. Forts of the West. Oklahoma Press, 1972. $19.95
Goetzmann,
W. Army Exploration of the American West. Texas
State Historical Society, 1991. $21.95
Jenson,
R. & James Hutchins. Wheel Boats on the Missouri: The
Atkinson-O'Fallon Expedition. Montana Historical Society,
2001. $39.95
Hedren, P. Traveler's
Guide to the Great Sioux War. Montana Historical Society,
1996. (softcover) $10.95
Hutton,
P. Soldiers West. Nebraska Press, 1987. $15.00
Innis,
B. Bloody Knife: Custer's Favorite Scout. Smoky
Water Press, 1994. $20.95
Innis,
B. Interments at Fort Buford, 1866 to 1895.
6th Infantry Regiment, 1998. $5.50
SHSND.
At the Confluence: Now and Then. SHSND, 2003. $17.95
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NATURAL HISTORY AND REGIONAL
STUDIES
Axline
& Foley. Still Speaking Ill of the Dead: More Jerks in
Montana History. Globe Pequot, 2005. $14.95
Gilmore, M.
Uses of Plants. Nebraska Press, 1991. $12.95
Hoganson,
J. Geology of the Lewis & Clark Trail in North Dakota.
Mountain Press, 2003, $13.50
Issenberg,
A. Destruction of the Bison. Cambridge, 2001. Paperback
$25.95
Knue,
J. North Dakota Wildlife Viewing Guide. Falcon
Press, 1992. $5.95
McHugh,
T. Time of the Buffalo. Nebraska Press, 1972. $24.95
Robinson,
E. History of North Dakota. North Dakota Institute,
1995. $28.00
Sample,
M. Bison: Symbol of the American West. Falcon Press,
1987. $9.95
Snortland, J.
(ed.) Traveler's Companion to North Dakota State Historic
Sites - 2nd Edition. North Dakota Hist. Society,
2002. $12.95
Stickler,
D. Prairie Wildflowers. Riverbend Publishing, 1986.
$9.95
Strong,
P. Beavers: Where Waters Run. North Word Press,
1997. $16.95
Trimble,
D. Geologic Story of the Great Plains. TRNHA, 1993.
$6.95
Van
Bruggen, T. Wildflowers, Grasses, and Plants. Badlands
Natural History Assoc., 1992. $10.00
Walter, D., ed.Speaking
Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Montana History. Montana Historical
Society, 2001. $14.95
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BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Allen,
J. Jedediah Smith and the Mountain Men of the American
West. Chelsea Press, 1991. Grades 6 and up(Hardcover),
$14.95
Cavan,
S. Lewis and Clark and the Route to the Pacific. Chelsea
Press, 1991. Grades 6 and up (Hardcover) $14.95
Cobblestone.
Lewis and Clark-September 1980 issue. Cobblestone
Publishing. Grades 4 and up, $4.95
Cobblestone.
Story of the Buffalo-August 1981 issue. Cobblestone
Publishing. Grades 4 and up, $6.50
Cobblestone.
North American Beaver Trade-June 1982 issue.
Cobblestone Publishing. Grades 4 and up, $5.50
Cobblestone.
Mountain Men-December 1991 issue. Cobblestone
Publishing. Grades 4 and up, $6.95
Cobblestone.
The Sioux-June
1992 issue. Cobblestone Publishing. Grades 4 and up, $6.95
Fifer. Going Along with
Lewis and Clark. Farcountry Press, 2000. Grades 6 and
up, $12.50
Goble,
P. Gift of the Sacred Dog. Aladdin Paperbacks,
1987. Ages
4-8, $8.95
Hanson, J. Mountain Men
Coloring Book. The Fur Press, 1997. Ages 6 and up, $5.50

Herbert,
J. Lewis & Clark for Kids. Independent Publishers
Group, 1999. Ages 9 and up, $14.95 Sale! now $10.95

Kalman,
B. Life in a Plains Camp. Crabtree Publishing,
2001. Grades 4 and up, $10.95
Nelson, S. D. Gift Horse:
A Lakota Story. Time Warner, 1999. Ages 4-8, $15.95

Standing
Bear, L. Stories of the Sioux. Nebraska Press,
1988. Grades 3-6, $9.95
Taylor, C. What Do We Know About the
Plains Indians? Peter Bedrick Books, 1993. Grades 6 and
up, $10.95

Tinling,
M. Sacagewea's Son: The Life of Jean Baptiste Charbonneau.
Mountain Press, 2001. Grades 4 and up, $10.00
Winner,
C. Bison: Our Wild World. NorthWord Press, 2001.
Grades 6 and up, $7.95
Wood, L. The
Crow Indians. Chelsea Press, 1993. Grades 4 and up, (Hardcover)
$8.95
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