Museum object · narratives
The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth, Mountaineer, Scout, and Pioneer, and Chief of the Crow Nation of Indians
1856
Franklin Square, Nassau County, New York, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
Embossed brown cloth, hardcover book with 537-pages, 2 pages of ads, frontispiece and many illustrations with engraving of James P. Beckwourth in hunter's costume on frontispiece.
- Catalog date
- 1856
- Recorded places
- Franklin Square, Nassau County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Recorded subjects
- African American; American West; Freedom; Men; Slavery; U.S. History, 1815-1861
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Sources & collection details
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture — original record ↗
Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: 2013.19
Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
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