Download or read book Across the Wide Missouri written by Bernard Augustine De Voto and published by Mariner Books. This book was released on 1987 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Bancroft Prize. 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.