DAUGHTERS OF THE COUNTRY: the women of the fur traders and mountain men.
Pp. xiv+368, 16 plates, glossary, tribal distribution list, notes and references, bibliography, index; demy 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in gilt, the boards faintly marked, bottom fore-corner of lower board bruised, spine dulled; dust wrapper, faintly soiled and rubbed, edges chipped and split; Harcourt Brace & World, New York, 1968. First edition. *'The Indian woman in all the roles of her obscure history: as the victim of mass rape, as slave concubine, trading-post and rendezvous prostitute, casual blanket-sharer, hospitality gift to a passing trader' [wrapper blurb]. Item #174874
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