Three Years Among the Indians and Mexicans

Book Description

Chicago: R.R. Donnelley & Sons, 1953 Part of the Lakeside Classics series. 12mo. xxxvi, [2], 297pp. Frontis portrait, plates, map; index. Dark blue cloth lettered in gilt. Remnants from removed bookplate on inner cover, else a fine copy. Includes an historical introduction and notes by Milo Milton Quaife. One of the earliest narratives of the fur trade. It covers the author's experiences on the upper Missouri in 1809, and an expedition to Santa Fé in 1821, one of the earliest trips over the Santa Fé Trail. The 1846 first edition was written from James' dictation by Nathan Niles, who, resenting local newspaper criticism, destroyed nearly all copies (Howes).This reprint contains a new historical introduction, numerous editorial footnotes, an index, and maps by Quaife, as well as reproducing early illustrations, all of which were not present in the original edition..

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