by Charles Larpenteur. Softbound, 385 pages, 5" x 8". The life record kept by the author, one of the most important sources of information on the Upper Missouri Fur Trade. For forty years, the author was a company man and an independent agent in the furrade. His memoir is unparalleled in describing the business side and the social milieu of the 1830 to 1870 fur trade era.