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FUR TRADE OF THE AMERICAN WEST

Arnold, S. The Fort Cookbook. Harper Collins, 1997. $30.00

Barbour, B. Fort Union and the Upper Missouri Fur Trade. Oklahoma Press, 2001. (hardcover) $34.95, (paperback) $19.95

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) $13.95

 

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. $20.00

 

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

NEW! Christian, S. Before Lewis & Clark: The Story of the Chouteaus. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2004. $15.00

Clokey, R. William H. Ashley. Oklahoma Press, 1980. $14.95

DeVore, S. Beads of the Bison Robe Trade. Friends of Fort Union, 1992. (hardcover) $33.95, (paperback) $15.95

De Voto, B. Across the Wide Missouri. Houghton-Mifflin Co., 1947. $16.00

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

NEW! Gowans, F. Rocky Mountain Rendezvous. Gibbs Smith Publishers, 2005. $16.95

Haeger, J. John Jacob Astor: Business and Finance in the Early Republic. Wayne State Press, 1994. (hardcover) $42.50

Hafen, L. Brokenhand: Thomas Fitzpatrick. Nebraska Press, 1973. $19.95

Hafen, L. (ed.) French Fur Traders and Voyageurs in the American West. Arthur H. Clark, 1995. (hardcover) $29.50 (softcover)$15.00

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. $19.95

Hanson, C. (ed.) The David Adams Journals. Museum of the Fur Trade, 1994. (hardcover) $20.00

Hanson, C. The Hawken Rifle: Its Place in History. Fur Press, 1994. $8.50

Hanson, C. The Northwest Gun. Museum Assoc. of American Frontier, 1992. $6.50

Hanson, J. Fur Trade Cutlery Sketchbook. Fur Press, 1994. $5.50

NEW! 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. $8.50

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). $24.95

Innis, B. Sagas of the Smoky-Water. Centennial Press, 1985. $9.95

NEW! Kelly, C. (ed) On the Upper Missouri: The Journal of Rudolph Friederich Kurz. Oklahoma Press, 2005. $21.95

 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. $22.00

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. $32.00

Maguire, Wild, & Borsday, eds. A Rendezvous Reader. Utah Press, 1997. $20.95

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

NEW! Montana Historical Society. Montana - The Magazine of Western History: Deschamps Article. Montana Hist. Soc., Winter 2004. $8.50

Morgan, D. Jedediah Smith and the Opening of the West. Nebraska Press, 1953. $18.95

Myers, J. Saga of Hugh Glass. Nebraska Press, 1963. $14.00

 

 

Newman, P. Empire of the Bay: The Company of Adventurers Who Seized a Continent. Penguin Putnam, 2000. (softcover) $16.00

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. $19.95

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

Townshend & Son. Making Fire with Flint & Steel. Townshend & Son, 1996. $2.00

 

NEW! 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. $21.95

Vestal, S. Jim Bridger: Mountain Man. Nebraska Press, 1946. $14.95

Wilson, E. Jim Beckwourth. Oklahoma Press, 1962. $15.95

Wilson, K. & Hanson, J. Feminine Fur Trade Fashions. Fur Press, 1976. $8.50

Wishart, D. Fur Trade of the American West. Nebraska Press, 1992. $20.95

NEW! 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. $27.95

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NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES

Belitz, L. Brain Tanning the Sioux Way. Pine Ridge Indian Res., 1993. $1.95

Bowers, A. Hidatsa Social and Ceremonial Organization. Nebraska Press, 1992. $16.95

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. $13.95

Catlin, G. North American Indians, Vol. II. Dover, 1973. $13.95

 

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. $17.95

Ewers, J. Plains Indian History and Culture. Oklahoma Press, 1997. (Hardcover) $29.95, (softcover) $19.95

Fox, G. Reprints in Anthro. 37: Late 19th Century Village of Dissident Hidatsa. J & L Reprint Co., 1988. $17.95

Hamm, J. Bows and Arrows of Native Americans. Bois D'Arc Press, 1989. $15.95

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. $24.95

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. $14.95

 

Jackson, J. The Piikani Blackfeet. Mountain Press, 2000. (softcover) $18.00

Johnston, B. Ojibway Heritage. Nebraska Press, 1990. $10.95

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

 

Lowie, R. The Crow Indians. Nebraska Press, 1983. $12.00

Lyford, C. Quill and Beadwork of the Western Sioux. Johnson Publishing Co., 1994. $10.50

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) $30.00, (softcover) $18.00

Parks, D. Myths and Traditions of the Arikira Indians. Nebraska Press, 1996. $18.95

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

Spector, J. What This Awl Means. Minnesota Historical Society, 1993. $15.95 Reduced! now only $11.95

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

Tomkins, W. Indian Sign Language. Dover Publications, 1969. $5.95

Trimble, M. Reprints in Anthro. 33: An Ethnohistorical Interp. of the Spread of Smallpox. J & L Reprint Co., 1986. $20.00

Utley, R. The Lance and the Shield: The Life and Times of Sitting Bull. Random House, 1995. $16.95

Walker, J. Lakota Society. Nebraska Press, 1992. $14.95

 

 

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EXPLORATION OF THE AMERICAN WEST

Ambrose, S. Undaunted Courage. Simon & Schuster, 1996. (Hardcover) $30.00, (softcover) $17.00

Appleman, R. Lewis and Clark's Transcontinental Exploration. Lewis and Clark Heritage Foundation, 1993. $15.95

Betts, R. In Search of York. University Press of Colorado, 2000. $39.95 SALE! $29.95

Culbertson, T. Reprints in Anthro. 22: Journal of Expedition to Mauvaises Terres and the Upper MO. US Print. Of., 1982. $18.50

Cutright, P. Lewis and Clark: Pioneering Naturalists. Nebraska Press, 1969. $25.95

Fanselow, J. Traveling the Lewis and Clark Trail. Falcon Press, 1998. $15.95

Fifer, B. Lewis & Clark Expedition: Illustrated Glossary. Farcountry Press, 2003. $12.50

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

Gilman, C. Lewis & Clark: Across the Divide. Smithsonian, 2003. $60.00

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. $24.00

 

Holland, L. Feasting and Fasting with Lewis and Clark. Old Yellowstone, 2003, $24.95

Hunter, L. Steamboats on the Western Rivers. Dover Publishing, 1993. $25.95

Jenkinson, C. The Character of Meriwether Lewis. The Marmarth Institute, 2000. $12.95

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. SHSND, 2003. $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

MacGregor, C. (ed.) Journals of Patrick Gass. Mountain Press Publishing Co., 1997. $20.00

Moore, R. and Haynes, M. Tailor Made, Trail Worn: Army Life, Clothing & Weapons of the Corps of Discovery. Farcountry Press, 2003. $39.95

Moulton, G. Lewis & Clark Journals; American Epic. Nebraska, 2003, Hardcover $29.95, Now in Paperback: $15.00
Recommended! Abridgement of the University of Nebraska edition of the journals which is considered the most complete reference work.

Nisbet, J. Sources of the River: Tracking David Thompson Across Western North America. Sasquatch, 1994. $14.95

Peck, D. Or Perish in the Attempt: Wilderness Medicine of Lewis & Clark Expedition. Farcountry Press, 2002. $18.95

Reid, R. Lewis and Clark in North Dakota. North Dakota Hist. Society, 1988. $17.50 Sale! Now only $12.95

Ronda, J. Lewis and Clark Among the Indians: Bicentennial Edition. Nebraska Press, 2003. $17.95 Ranger's Choice!

Ronda, J. Voyages of Discovery: Essays on the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Montana Historical Society, 1998. $19.95

NEW! Skarsten & Carricker. George Drouillard: Hunter & Interpreter of the Lewis & Clark Expedition. Arthur Clark, 2003. Hardcover:$45.00, Paperback: $17.50

Thomasa, K. The Truth about Sacajawea. Grandview Publishing, 1997. $7.95

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ARTISTS OF THE AMERICAN WEST

Boehme, S., ed.John James Audubon in the West: The Last Expedition. Harry N. Abrams, 2000. $45.00

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

NEW! DeTrobriand, P. Military Life in Dakota. Ft. Stevenson Foundation, 2005. $16.95

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

Hafen, L. & Young, F. Fort Laramie and the Pageant of the West. Nebraska Press, 1983. $14.95

Hedren, P. Traveler's Guide to the Great Sioux War. Montana Historical Society, 1996. (Hardcover) $37.00, (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. $3.50

Josephy, A. Civil War in the American West. Random House, 1991. $23.00

Quaife, M. (ed.) Yellowstone Kelly. Nebraska Press, 1973. $11.95

Robinson, C. A Good Year to Die: The Story of the Great Sioux War. Oklahoma Press, 1996. $24.95

SHSND. At the Confluence: Now and Then. SHSND, 2003. $17.95

Utley, R. Indian Frontier of the American West. New Mexico Press, 1984. $19.95

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NATURAL HISTORY AND REGIONAL STUDIES

Conklin, D. Montana History Weekends. Globe Pequot, 2002. $15.95

Gilmore, M. Uses of Plants. Nebraska Press, 1991. $11.00

Issenberg, A. Destruction of the Bison. Cambridge, 2000. Hardcover: $25.95, Now in paperback $20.95

Knue, J. North Dakota Wildlife Viewing Guide. Falcon Press, 1992. $5.95

McHugh, T. Time of the Buffalo. Nebraska Press, 1972. $20.95

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. $13.95

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. $7.25

Van Bruggen, T. Wildflowers, Grasses, and Plants. Badlands Natural History Assoc., 1992. $8.50

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, $4.95

Cobblestone. North American Beaver Trade-June 1982 issue. Cobblestone Publishing. Grades 4 and up, $4.95

Cobblestone. Mountain Men-December 1991 issue. Cobblestone Publishing. Grades 4 and up, $4.95

Cobblestone. The Sioux-June 1992 issue. Cobblestone Publishing. Grades 4 and up, $4.95

Fifer. Going Along with Lewis and Clark. Farcountry Press, 2000. Grades 6 and up, $11.95

Goble, P. Gift of the Sacred Dog. Aladdin Paperbacks, 1987. Ages 4-8, $6.99

 

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

Hill, W. Following Lewis & Clark's Track. Hillhouse, 2001. Grades 4 and up, $8.50

 

Kalman, B. Life in a Plains Camp. Crabtree Publishing, 2001. Grades 4 and up, $8.95

Nelson, S. D. Gift Horse: A Lakota Story. Time Warner, 1999. Ages 4-8, $14.95

Standing Bear, L. Stories of the Sioux. Nebraska Press, 1988. Grades 3-6, $8.95

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, (softcover) $7.25

 

 

 

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BURDICK BOOKS

Burdick book titles written or edited by the late Usher Burdick, long term congressman from North Dakota. Usher Burdick's son, Quentin, United States Senator, 1960-1992, was a strong supporter of Fort Union over the years. The Burdick estate has provided the residual stock to the Fort Union Association which in turn has provided the books for sale at the park.

Black, A. End of the Long Horn Trail. Selfridge Com. $55.00

Burdick, U. David F. Berry's Indian Notes on the Custer Battle. Wirth Bothers, 1949. $50.00

Burdick, U. How the Federal Reserve Board Brought on Depression and Ruined the Entire Country. Bismarck Prt. Com. $10.00

Burdick, U. Life of George Sperry Loftus. Wirth Brothers, 1957. $25.00

Burdick, U. A Short History of Munich. Cavalier County Rep., 1952. $20.00

Burdick, U. Some of the Old-time Cowmen of the Great West. Wirth Brothers, 1957. $45.00

Colt, K. Letters of Peter Wilson. Wirth Brothers, 1940. $40.00

Crawford, L. Ranching Days in Dakota and Custer's Black Hills Expedition of 1874. Wirth Brothers, 1950. $60.00

Huidekoper, A. My Experinces and Investments in the Bad Lands of Dakota: Some of the Men I Met. Wirth Brothers, 1947. $50.00

Stiehl, H. Autobiography of Henry (Shorty) Stiehl. Utah Printing Company, 1941. $125.00

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