The Rocky Mountain Fur Trade Journal, Volume 5, 2011

The 2011 edition is now available! Compilation of scholarly articles on the Western fur trade published by the Museum of the Mountain Man and Sublette County Historical Society. Softcover, 8-1/2" X 11", 160 pages, full color throughout.

IN THEIR CONTINUING EFFORT to increase knowledge and bring fresh perspective to the Rocky Mountain fur trade, the Museum of the Mountain Man in Pinedale, Wyoming, and the Sublette County Historical Society has released volume five of the The Rocky Mountain Fur Trade Journal. The articles in the fith annual publication include: "Tracking Jim Bridger: Finding the Trail of Old Gabe," "Was Fort Bonneville Simply Nonsense?," "St. George and the Dragon Sideplate: An Art History for North American Trade Guns," ""A Life Wild and Perilous": Death in the Far West among Trappers and Traders," "Lock, Stock and Barrel: Arming the Far Western Mountaineers," "Myth and Mountain Men Analyzed: Heroes and Heroines," and "An 1824-1825 Columbia Fur Company Ledger."

EACH ARTICLE ACCEPTED for publication is well written, heavily researched and peer-reviewed. The people on the reviewing panel are top-notch in their field and include historians and material culture experts. The authors for this volume include: Jerry Enzler, O. Ned Eddins, Nathan E. Bender, James Hannon, Jr., Doyle Reid, Ken Zontek, PhD, and Jim Hardee. The journal is nicely illustrated throughout with mostly original artwork and images in full color.

THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN Fur Trade Journal is a source for substantive information with fresh perspectives on the Western fur trade.