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Title: The Story of the Trapper

Author: A. C. Laut

Illustrator: Arthur Heming

Release Date: May 3, 2010 [EBook #32236]

Language: English

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[Illustration: With eye and ear alert the man paddles silently on. (_See
page 105._)]

_THE STORY OF THE WEST SERIES_

_EDITED BY RIPLEY HITCHCOCK_

THE STORY OF THE TRAPPER

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The Story of the West Series.

EDITED BY RIPLEY HITCHCOCK.

Each Illustrated, 12mo, Cloth.

+The Story of the Railroad.+

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+The Story of the Cowboy.+

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+The Story of the Mine.+

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+The Story of the Indian.+

By GEORGE BIRD GRINNELL, Author of "Pawnee Hero Stories," "Blackfoot
Lodge Tales," etc. $1.50.

+The Story of the Soldier.+

By Brevet Brigadier-General GEORGE A. FORSYTH, U. S. A. (retired).
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+The Story of the Trapper.+

By A. C. LAUT, Author of "Heralds of Empire." Illustrated by Hemment.
$1.25 net; postage, 12 cents additional.

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, NEW YORK.

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THE STORY
OF THE TRAPPER

BY

A. C. LAUT

AUTHOR OF HERALDS OF EMPIRE
AND LORDS OF THE NORTH

_ILLUSTRATED BY ARTHUR HEMING
AND OTHERS_

[Illustration]

NEW YORK AND LONDON

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

1916

COPYRIGHT, 1902

BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

Printed in the United States of America

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TO ALL WHO KNOW

THE GIPSY YEARNING FOR THE WILDS

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EDITOR'S PREFACE

The picturesque figure of the trapper follows close behind the Indian in
the unfolding of the panorama of the West. There is the explorer, but