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Winchester Press, Published 1983. Hardcover, xv, 214 pp.; 24 cm; later printing (printing code 14 15 16); illustrated with black-and-white photographs, reproductions of nineteenth-century sketches, maps, and diagrams. Buckskinner portraits by Dan Brewer; diagrams by Howard Paveglio.
In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Brown textured paper over boards, gilt lettering on spine; mild shelf and edge wear, light scuffing to edges. Binding tight. Mild toning and a hint of foxing to endpapers and front pastedown; mild soiling to top edge of text block; pages otherwise unmarked. Illustrated ochre dust jacket with a Dan Brewer drawing of two buckskinners shows a few nicks and tears of 1/2 in. or less along edges, mild overall edge and surface wear, and some toning. Now in an archival quality (removable) Brodart cover. A practical handbook on buckskinning, the hobby of recreating the Rocky Mountain fur trade of the 1820s to 1840s at modern rendezvous, by the outdoor writer for The Houston Post. Includes chapters on the history of the fur trade and the rendezvous system, period guns and modern replicas, pouches and powder horns, tomahawk throwing, clothing and moccasins with patterns, tipi etiquette, camp food, and saddles. Illustrated with more than 100 photographs of Texas rendezvous and buckskinners, sketches by Alfred Jacob Miller, and a map of the original rendezvous sites. Foreword in verse. Contents: Foreword; Preface; Muzzleloading's Big Comeback; The Western Fur Trade Era; "A Majority of Scoundrels"; The Guns of Buckskinning; Pouches and Powder Horns; Tomahawks and Knives; Dressing to Fit In; Dressing "Flauntingly"; Squaw Work; The Primitive Camp; Trail and Camp Chow; Rendezvous!; Maximum 'Skinners; Index.