“It is a human story, and the fact that it apparently has lost something in the translation does not alter the fact that it is still well worth reading.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 267. Ap. 22, ‘05. 690w. | |
| + | Outlook. 80: 92. My. 6, ‘05. 20w. |
“The translator has apparently preserved the color and flavor of the original; her chief fault is a too slavish following.”
| + + — | Reader. 6: 592. O. ‘05. 390w. |
Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel. Breaking the wilderness: the story of the conquest of the far West. [**]$3.50. Putnam.
It is the aim of this book to “present a review in chronological order of the important events which contributed to breaking the wilderness that so long lay untamed west of the Mississippi, mentioning with as much detail as possible in a single popular volume the principal persons and happenings in proper sequence, but paying special attention to the trapper and trader element, which, more than any other, dispelled the mysteries of the vast region.”
“Barring the deficiencies which mar its critical value, Mr. Dellenbaugh has produced a fairly satisfactory work.” Isaac Joslin Cox.
| + + — | Am. Hist. R. 11: 169. O. ‘05. 840w. | |
| + + — | Ath. 1905, 2: 183. Ag. 5. 620w. |
“The greatest interest of the book will probably be found to lie in the innumerable and fully authenticated tales of trappers and traders with which its pages abound.”
| + | Dial. 38: 274. Ap. 16, ‘05. 290w. |