Commerce of the Prairies

Commerce of the Prairies PDF

Author: Josiah A. Gregg

Publisher:

Published: 2009-10

Total Pages: 438

ISBN-13: 9781409989585

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Josiah Gregg (1806-1850) was a merchant, explorer, naturalist, and author of the American Southwest and Northern Mexico. He had training in both law and medicine, and practiced both with distinction. He is most famous for his book Commerce of the Prairies, which came out in two volumes in 1844. It was an account of his time spent as a trader on the Santa Fe Trail before the Mexican-American War. The Book established Gregg's literary reputation, and he was hired as a news correspondent during the Mexican War. After the war, he participated in the California Gold Rush.

Commerce of the Prairies

Commerce of the Prairies PDF

Author: Josiah Gregg

Publisher:

Published: 1844

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13:

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Dr. Josiah Gregg joined with the traders on this Trail and spent the next ten years in the same territory. This is his account of those years and of those intrepid American traders who made the hazardous journeys across the Trail that spanned from Independence, Missouri, into country that eventually became Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico.

Prairie Time

Prairie Time PDF

Author: Matt White

Publisher: Texas A&M University Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 267

ISBN-13: 1603445560

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Matt White's connections with both prairie plants and prairie people are evident in the stories of discovery and inspiration he tells as he tracks the ever dwindling parcels of tallgrass prairie in northeast Texas. In his search, he stumbles upon some unexpected fragments of virgin land, as well as some remarkable tales of both destruction and stewardship.

Commerce of the Prairies V2

Commerce of the Prairies V2 PDF

Author: Josiah Gregg

Publisher: Applewood Books

Published: 2010-09

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 1429045299

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Gregg's book Commerce of the Prairies, published in two volumes in 1844, was an account of his time spent as a trader on the Santa Fe Trail from 1831 to 1840 and includes commentary on the geography, botany, geology, and culture of New Mexico. Gregg wrote about local people and described Indian culture and artifacts. Volume 2 of 2.