"OLD INDIAN TRAILS OF THE CANADIAN ROCKIES"
"Being Incidents of Camp and Trail Life, Covering Two Years' Exploration Through the Rocky Mountains of Canada"
by
Mary T. S. Schaffer

"""Old Indian Trails of the Canadian Rockies" by Mary T.S. Schaffer is a rare and captivating exploration and travel book, published in 1911 by G. P. Putnam's Sons. This first hardcover edition, complete with beautiful illustrations, takes readers on a journey through the wild country of Canada, specifically focusing on the Rocky Mountains. A unique addition to any collection, this book offers a glimpse into the history and culture of North America's indigenous people, as seen through the eyes of the author's adventures in the early 20th century."""

Hardcover; 5¾" x 8¼" (4.6 cm x 21 cm); published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York. 1911, 1st edition/1st printing.
364 pgs. xiv & fold-out map; table of contents; list of illustrations; indexed; illustrated with 100 b&w photos.

Bound in green cloth boards with gold lettering on spine and front cover and add-on color plate on the front cover.
Boards have shelf-wear, bumped corners & spine; front add-on plate has scuffing around the edges. Slight stain on back cover.
Ex- private library with previous owners' plate on inside of front cover; skin from removal of something on rear inner cover possibly card envelope & handwritten ink number on dedication page are the only markings I have seen.
Text is clean but maybe slightly age-toned.
Book is slightly cocked; binding is slightly loose but solid with beginnings of a split front inner hinge.

Mary Schaffer overcoming the limited expectations of women at the turn of the 19th Century in order to follow her dreams, this is her story of the Jasper & Banff expeditions of 1907 & 1908.

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 of Native American life in the mountains. Author is credited with being the first non-indigenous woman to see Maligne Lake and many other sites.

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."''
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