Based on the Private Collection of Milton Von Damm. by Milton Von Damm. Hardbound, 237 pages, 11" x 9". This book is a history of Fur Trade guns and trade goods in an industry that constituted a notable segment on North Americas economy in it's intancy and early adolescence. It is also an important ingredient of internal and external political and military conflict between nations and between the Native Americans and Manifest Destiny. Over 460 color pictures of arms and trade goods, brief historical refrences to the Fur Trade in New france, The Hudson's Bay Company, The American Fur Company and the United States Government. Rifle makers include Dicker-Gill, Christopher Gumpf, Henry Gibbs, Peter Gonter, James Henry, George Tyron, Henry Leman and others. An invaluable resource for the student, collector or artist.