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Fort Bridger, Wyoming: Trading Post for Indians, Mountain Men and Westward Migrants

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This $35 book I expected to be a well researched, highly detailed anyalsis of Fort Bridger, it's workings, construction, the people, post traders, trapers, soldiers, Indians, inner workings. I expected something that an author had taken decades to research and compile interviews, and research from far flung resources. WRONG! This book is written by a guy who lives in France for gosh sake, and he spent all of one half day, by his own admission, at the Fort!!! The author admits on page 2, that the book is a primer for the layman,not a narrowly focused work for the professional scholar! The author reveals such nuggets of research such as : Professional buffalo hunters were well organized and in the 1870s and 1880s shot millions of buffalo on a commercial basis for their hides alone, rather than for food or sport. .....Duh...Duh....ya reckon? ???
The biggest waste of 35 bucks of mine in a long time, this skimpy 181 page book is worth maybe two bucks for something to give your grandkids to play with. Do not buy this book!

Great book, brilliant insights. I am sure the little people in Ross will find it facinating.