Mary T S Schaffer 1st Ed 1911 Old Indian Trails Rocky Mountains of Canada HC

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Old Indian Trails
Incidents of Camp and Trail Life, Covering Two Years' Exploration Through the Rocky Mountains of Canada

by

Mary T. S. Schaffer

Hardcover. 8vo. Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York. 1911. xiv, 364 pgs. Folding map. Illustrated with With 100 photos throughout . First Edition/First Printing.

Bound in green cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board and color plate present to the front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Stain present to the edge of the FFEP. No ownership marks present.  Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid.

The author is a well-know naturalist and explorer of the mountains between Banff and Jasper, Alberta. As an artist, photographer, writer and explorer, Mary Schaffer overcame the limited expectations of women at the turn of the 19th Century in order to follow her dreams.

Her book, upon publication, was well received and remains a desirable travel narrative into country previously known only to scattered trappers and prospectors. One reviewer of the time commented: "this book has an individuality all its own. For twenty years Mrs. Schaffer has been coming to the Canadian mountains and she has got closer to them in every sense of the word than any author, newspaper editor, descriptive writer or the special man ever will if he lives a thousand years."

The story of her adventures in the world of climbing and exploration. Full of daring adventure and romantic depictions of camp life, set against the grand backdrop of Canada's mountain landscapes, the book introduces readers to various characters from the annals of Canadian mountaineering history, as well as details Native American life in the mountains.