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I was born in Indiana, United States of America, in 1859. I moved to Texas, where I drove cattle, and later to Colorado, where I attempted gold mining. Aged 43 I began writing; my authentic accounts of American life in the days of the open range and westward expansion became immensely popular. My most famous…

What pioneering treaty, signed in 1860 between England and France, inaugurated a period of relative free trade among many European nations that survived until the 1890s?