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Barrows, John R.; Phillips, Paul C. (General Editor) : Historical Reprints. A Wisconsin Youth in Montana, 1880-1882. Sources of Northwest History No. 1

Montana State University, Missoula, MT, 1932

Original publisher's beige paper wrappers with staple binding. 6 3/4" x 9 1/2." Fifteen pages, complete. Pages are very clean and intact except for light age toning, slight wear to extremities, and minuscule splitting along spine. A Very Good copy. Sources of Northwest History No. 1. Part of the "Historical Reprints" series. "Reprinted from the Historical Section of The Frontier, a Magazine of the Northwest, published at the State University of Montana, Missoula. Vol. VIII, No. 1, November, 1927. [Reprinted in March, 1932]." This historical reprint is an autobiographical account by John R. Barrows when he was "a Wisconsin youth in Montana" from 1880-1882. Barrows's narrative recounts his days traveling as an emigrant on the Overland Trail, traversing sometimes inhospitable prairie, and interacting with many of the locals including trading post employees, cowboys, and members of Indigenous tribes. Much of Barrows's account focuses on his time working as a cowboy. There are also descriptive scenes in which he recollects his interactions with Indigenous people including a time when he frequented a village of the Piegan/Blackfeet tribe out of curiosity.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Soft cover

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