DUKE PAUL OF WUERTTEMBERG ON THE MISSOURI FRONTIER: 1823, 1830 AND 1851

by Sachsen-Altenberg, Hans von. /Robert L. Dyer

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Book description: Boonville, Missouri: Pekitanoui Publications, 1998 264 p. : ill. ; 23 cm Illustrations. Bibliography. Index. Describes three trips undertaken by Duke Paul of Wuerttemberg reconstructed from various sources. Focus is on the 3rd trip up the Missouri to the newly established town of Kansas and then west on the California Trail to Ft. Laramie as well as three weeks spent in the central Missouri river town of Boonville, recovering from a nearly fatal encounter with a blizzard on the plains. Duke Paul preserved an invaluable record of the Native American people and the people living in the struggling frontier communities up and down the Missouri as well as careful observations on the flora and fauna, the geography and geology of the regions through which he passed. With a dedication by "Hans, Prince von Sachsen-Altenberg" on title page.. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/Like New.

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