{"product_id":"guns-furs-and-gold-an-american-west-history-of-indigenous-peoples-and-explorers-9781496237613","title":"Guns, Furs, and Gold: An American West History of Indigenous Peoples and Explorers","description":"\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Larry E. Morris 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Larry E. Morris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bison Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.90w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496237613\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarry E. Morris\u003c\/b\u003e is an independent writer and historian. He is the author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Fate of the Corps: What Became of the Lewis and Clark Explorers After the Expedition\u003c\/i\u003e, a History Book Club selection; \u003ci\u003eThe Perilous West: Seven Amazing Explorers and the Founding of the Oregon Trail\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eIn the Wake of Lewis and Clark: The Expedition and the Making of Antebellum America\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Larry E. Morris \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47520919650461,"sku":"9781496237613","price":55.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_bfdb1b89-8547-4f31-823d-4584f171b06d.jpg?v=1767114775","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/guns-furs-and-gold-an-american-west-history-of-indigenous-peoples-and-explorers-9781496237613","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}