Bent's fort (Record no. 5787)
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
|---|---|
| Classification number | 978.8 Lav |
| Item number | 48 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) | |
| Classification number | 978.8 Lav |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Lavender, David |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Bent's fort |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | David Lavender |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Doubleday & Company Inc. |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 1954 |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Garden City, NY |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 450 p |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Introduction : The place called Purgatory -- The town on the river -- Those bloody waters -- The trapper from Taos -- Mountain winter -- Death on the trail -- The people of the plains -- The night the stars fell -- Robes, alcohol, and dragoons -- Adobe empire -- Texians -- Kit Carson's brother-in-law -- Land beyond imagining -- Rumbles of trouble -- War -- Revolution -- Retribution -- Destruction -- Turn back the clock -- The white tide -- The last agonies. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Bent's Fort was a landmark of the American frontier, a huge private fort on the upper Arkansas River in present southeastern Colorado. Established by the adventurers Charles and William Bent, it stood until 1849 as the center of the Indian trade of the central plains. David Lavender's chronicle of these men and their part in the opening of the West has been conceded a place beside the works of Parkman and Prescott. |
| 590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) | |
| Local note | 36804 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Source of heading or term | Frontier and pioneer life |
| Geographic subdivision | Colorado |
| 651 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Source of heading or term | Bent's Fort (Colo.) |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | |
| Koha item type | sw 900 - 999 |
| Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Permanent Location | Current Location | Shelving location | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Total Renewals | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Date checked out |
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| Arthur Johnson Memorial Library | Arthur Johnson Memorial Library | Book Cart | 8.99 | 8 | 1 | 978.8 Lav | 36804 | 2023-06-01 | 2023-05-18 |