{"product_id":"journal-of-an-indian-trader-anthony-glass-and-the-texas-trading-frountier-1790-1810-paperback","title":"Journal of an Indian Trader: Anthony Glass and the Texas Trading Frountier, 1790-1810 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDan L. Flores\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA decade before the celebrated mountain men entered the Northern Plains and Rockies, some dozen little-known trading forays were launched into the plains of the Southwest. Anthony Glass led one of the most important. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1808-1809, with a party of twelve hunter-traders, he acted as semi-official emissary of the U.S. government in the practically uncharted lands of the Taovaya-Wichita and Comanche Indians. His was the first party of whites ever to view the sixteen-hundred-pound meteorite venerated as a healing shrine by the Plains tribes. Alone among the early southwestern traders, Glass kept a lively journal detailing his route and experiences. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eForgotten for nearly two centuries, this journal appears here in its entirety with rich annotation and interpretation by editor Dan L. Flores. Flores offers a novel, sympathetic view of the Indian trader as a sometime instrument of Jeffersonian borderlands diplomacy, and he presents fresh data on the land and its inhabitants. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLandscape, photographs, historically important frontier maps, and contemporary paintings of the traders and the Indians, and their ways of life, further develop this tale of Anthony Glass, Indian trader.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 152\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 x 9.02 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 19, 1985\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51800118133024,"sku":"9781585440160","price":19.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/22101363fc58571b6cde5b5e84a6130b.webp?v=1780833368","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/journal-of-an-indian-trader-anthony-glass-and-the-texas-trading-frountier-1790-1810-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}