Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2017-02-07 Public domain in the USA. 74 Grinnell, George Bird 1849 1938 13019510 Beyond the Old Frontier: Adventures of Indian-Fighters, Hunters, and Fur-Traders Reading ease score: 63.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. E-text prepared by Larry B. Harrison, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "Beyond the Old Frontier: Adventures of Indian-Fighters, Hunters, and Fur Traders" by George Bird Grinnell is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book delves into the tumultuous period of western expansion in the United States, focusing on the lives and experiences of early fur traders and their encounters with Native American tribes. It offers a vivid portrayal of exploration, survival, and the transformative conflicts of the era. The opening of the narrative sets the stage for the adventures that will unfold as it paints a picture of the American West before settlement. It describes the dangerous trek into largely uncharted territories, where traders and explorers faced not only the harshness of nature but also the threats posed by Native tribes defending their lands. As settlers began their arduous journeys westward in search of wealth and opportunity, Grinnell introduces key figures, such as fur trader Alexander Ross, whose firsthand accounts and experiences will serve as a lens through which readers can understand the complexities of the fur trade and the rich yet perilous tapestry of life "beyond the old frontier." (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) Indians of North America -- West (U.S.) Ross, Alexander, 1783-1856 Ruxton, George Frederick Augustus, 1820-1848 Garrard, Lewis Hector, 1829-1887 Palliser, John, 1807-1887 Fur trade -- West (U.S.) F590.3 Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American Browsing: Travel & Geography 677912 677705 2024-09-22T11:50:22.726558 2023-09-23T10:01:11.175843 text/html text/html 655728 2017-02-07T13:08:24 text/html 2154105 2017-02-07T13:12:12 text/html application/zip 2379034 2024-09-22T11:50:33.813561 application/epub+zip 2382779 2024-09-22T11:50:25.199556 application/epub+zip 329475 2024-09-22T11:50:23.963603 application/epub+zip 2549518 2024-09-22T11:50:40.329584 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2495267 2024-09-22T11:50:32.559494 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 444164 2022-09-24T16:22:01.650118 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 568520 568325 2024-09-22T11:50:21.188837 2023-09-23T10:01:08.561889 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 568309 2020-06-13T21:12:40 text/plain; charset=utf-8 216005 2020-06-13T21:12:40 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 20104 2024-09-22T11:50:40.485449 application/rdf+xml 19341 2024-09-22T11:50:24.116536 image/jpeg 3154 2024-09-22T11:50:24.040523 image/jpeg 2155779 2024-09-22T11:50:22.840604 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia