Dan Flores

And I think the, you know, the Nicholas Biddle journals of the Lewis and Clark expedition, which came out in 1814, I mean, those things sold like hotcakes in the East. And I think that made people understand that, wow, okay, all I got to do is go out to the West, you know, and write some some account.

And I think the, you know, the Nicholas Biddle journals of the Lewis and Clark expedition, which came out in 1814, I mean, those things sold like hotcakes in the East. And I think that made people understand that, wow, okay, all I got to do is go out to the West, you know, and write some some account.

And it even led to, I mean, and I have found two or three of these, what were basically made up accounts by people who never actually went to the West, but they talked to people and read other people's stuff and sat down and wrote an account of their own journey.

And it even led to, I mean, and I have found two or three of these, what were basically made up accounts by people who never actually went to the West, but they talked to people and read other people's stuff and sat down and wrote an account of their own journey.

And it even led to, I mean, and I have found two or three of these, what were basically made up accounts by people who never actually went to the West, but they talked to people and read other people's stuff and sat down and wrote an account of their own journey.

Yes, there was. And you could sell a faked book. There's one particular guy, a guy named John Maley, who wrote a faked book about an expedition. He took up the Red River, and he sold it for like $5,000 or something, which, of course, at the time was a huge sum of money. But the publisher he sold it to went broke in the panic, the depression of 1819, and they never did publish it.

Yes, there was. And you could sell a faked book. There's one particular guy, a guy named John Maley, who wrote a faked book about an expedition. He took up the Red River, and he sold it for like $5,000 or something, which, of course, at the time was a huge sum of money. But the publisher he sold it to went broke in the panic, the depression of 1819, and they never did publish it.

Yes, there was. And you could sell a faked book. There's one particular guy, a guy named John Maley, who wrote a faked book about an expedition. He took up the Red River, and he sold it for like $5,000 or something, which, of course, at the time was a huge sum of money. But the publisher he sold it to went broke in the panic, the depression of 1819, and they never did publish it.

So it kind of exists just as a manuscript, which I have actually examined and examined closely enough to realize, bullshit, this guy did not do any of this.

So it kind of exists just as a manuscript, which I have actually examined and examined closely enough to realize, bullshit, this guy did not do any of this.

So it kind of exists just as a manuscript, which I have actually examined and examined closely enough to realize, bullshit, this guy did not do any of this.

Yeah. I'm pretty sure it's that a market emerged for it. There was a market. You know, America, we're interested in possibilities for making money. And here was this wild new country that everybody around the world, including all Europeans, were really intrigued by. And so people began to realize, well, hell. I just, you know, I try to keep notes. Maybe I embellish a little bit even.

Yeah. I'm pretty sure it's that a market emerged for it. There was a market. You know, America, we're interested in possibilities for making money. And here was this wild new country that everybody around the world, including all Europeans, were really intrigued by. And so people began to realize, well, hell. I just, you know, I try to keep notes. Maybe I embellish a little bit even.

Yeah. I'm pretty sure it's that a market emerged for it. There was a market. You know, America, we're interested in possibilities for making money. And here was this wild new country that everybody around the world, including all Europeans, were really intrigued by. And so people began to realize, well, hell. I just, you know, I try to keep notes. Maybe I embellish a little bit even.

And so I think that's kind of one of the explanations for what happens. Starting about 1800, 1810, that suddenly you start getting a lot more primary source accounts. You have to use them, you know, with a grain of salt sometimes.

And so I think that's kind of one of the explanations for what happens. Starting about 1800, 1810, that suddenly you start getting a lot more primary source accounts. You have to use them, you know, with a grain of salt sometimes.

And so I think that's kind of one of the explanations for what happens. Starting about 1800, 1810, that suddenly you start getting a lot more primary source accounts. You have to use them, you know, with a grain of salt sometimes.

Yeah. Well, I think one is inclined to do that until you begin to realize that, you know, the classic one in the West is the account of James Ohio Petty, who. I mean, that book was probably published 10 different times in the 19th century. And so there are a bunch of different versions. He changed them up.

Yeah. Well, I think one is inclined to do that until you begin to realize that, you know, the classic one in the West is the account of James Ohio Petty, who. I mean, that book was probably published 10 different times in the 19th century. And so there are a bunch of different versions. He changed them up.

Yeah. Well, I think one is inclined to do that until you begin to realize that, you know, the classic one in the West is the account of James Ohio Petty, who. I mean, that book was probably published 10 different times in the 19th century. And so there are a bunch of different versions. He changed them up.