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Trappers Of New York, Or, A Biography Of Nicholas Stoner & Nathaniel Foster: Together With Anecdotes Of Other Celebated Hunters, And Some Account Of S

Trappers Of New York, Or, A Biography Of Nicholas Stoner & Nathaniel Foster: Together With Anecdotes Of Other Celebated Hunters, And Some Account Of S

Root Simms, Jeptha

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Military BiographiesGeneral ReferenceGeneral United States History

ISBN10: 9354509746
ISBN13: 9789354509742
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 20 2021
Pages: 298
Weight: 0.97
Height: 0.67 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Before New York was settled, it was trapped. Hard men, harder country, true. In Trappers of New York, nineteenth-century writer and historian Jeptha Root Simms sketches a historical biography nonfiction portrait of celebrated woodsmen Nicholas Stoner and Nathaniel Foster, then opens into a hunter anecdotes collection from the same borderland. The storytelling has the snap of frontier adventure nonfiction, but it is anchored in names, routes, and working know-how that define new york trapping history and fur trade frontier life. Simms also widens the frame to colonial new york and 18th century america, when hunting, land, and politics were inseparable. A concise sir william johnson biography and notes on his style of living hint at how influence travelled from manor house to wilderness camp, shaping alliances and markets as surely as a rifle or a trapline. For american history research, the book offers the texture of a classroom primary source: local memory, character, and environment set down before the frontier was softened into legend. It can appeal equally to fenimore cooper readers and leatherstocking tales fans seeking real-world echoes, and to classic-literature collectors who value early regional history in its own voice. Casual readers relish the campfire immediacy; historians note period attitudes and place-names that seldom survive elsewhere, beyond official records and later retellings at all. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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