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The Brothers Robidoux and the Opening of the American West ~ The Brothers Robidoux and the Opening of the American West Hardcover – October 29 2012 by Robert J Willoughby Author
The Brothers Robidoux and the Opening of the American West ~ Written in a unique biographical format Robert Willoughby interweaves the stories of six brothers who shaped the American transMississippi West during the first five decades of the nineteenth century
The Brothers Robidoux and the Opening of the American West ~ As the nature of the fur trade changed so did the brothers’ business model They began focusing on outfitting western migrants town folk and farmers Their practices made each of them wealthy however they all died poor To understand the opening of the American West one must first know about men like the brothers Robidoux
The Brothers Robidoux and the Opening of the American West ~ Three dates each twenty years apart set the early timeframe for this biography of the Brothers Robidoux and the opening of the American West 1763 1783 and 1803 In 1763 the French and Indian War ended and as part of the terms of the Treaty of Paris France lost the land it called Louisiana
The Brothers Robidoux and the Opening of the American West ~ The Brothers Robidoux and the Opening of the American West Robert J Willoughby Published by University of Missouri Press Willoughby Robert J The Brothers Robidoux and the Opening of the American West University of Missouri Press 2012 Project book21948 For additional information about this book
The brothers Robidoux and the opening of the American West ~ The brothers Robidoux and the opening of the American West Robert J Willoughby Story of the six brothers who came from Canada to Saint Louis creating fur trading and Indian trading businesses founding towns exploring Missouri and dealing in land
The Brothers Robidoux and the Opening of the American West ~ To understand the opening of the American West one must first know about men like the brothers Robidoux Their lives are the framework for stories about the American frontier By using primary sources located at the Missouri Historical Society the Mexican Archives of New Mexico and the Huntington Library as well as contemporary accounts written by those who knew them Willoughby has now told the Robidouxs story
Project MUSE The Brothers Robidoux and the Opening of ~ In essence the Robidoux brothers all six of them beginning with Joseph the eldest in Missouri spread throughout Upper Louisiana the American Southwest and intermountain region becoming cultural brokers or gobetweens among multiethnic communities as fur traders wholesalers and land speculators
The Brothers Robidoux and the Opening of the American West ~ To understand the opening of the American West one must first know about men like the brothers Robidoux Their lives are the framework for stories about the American frontier
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