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Across the Wide Missouri tells the compelling story of the climax and decline of the Rocky Mountain fur trade during the 1830s. More than a history, it portrays the mountain fur trade as a way of business and a way of life, vividly illustrating how it shaped the expansion of the American West.
Winner of the 1948 Pulitzer Prize and the Bancroft Prize.
Serves as the second volume in a famous historical trilogy, sitting between The Year of Decision: 1846 and The Course of Empire. Was made into a movie starring Clark Gable in 1951.
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