The Fur Trade of the American West: A Geographical Synthesis
 "In stressing the exploitation and destruction of the physical and human environment rather than the usual frontier romanticism, David Wishart has provided for students of the trans-Mississippi fur trade a valuable service."-Journal of the ... [... more]
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Shinin' Trails: A Possibles Bag of Fur Trade Trivia
This book offers an interesting and enjoyable way to discover facts about the fur trade and to learn the history of this important era in our country's formation and growth. It may be used as a guide to information about important dates and people of the ... [... more]
$8.95
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Fort Union and the Upper Missouri Fur Trade
In this book, Barton Barbour presents the first comprehensive history of Fort Union, the nineteenth century's most important and longest-lived Upper Missouri River fur trading post. Barbour explores the economic, social, legal, cultural, and political ... [... more]
$19.95
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Soft Gold: A Tale of the Fur Trade
An agreeable marriage of good history and an equally good story, Soft Gold captures the essence of the most dynamic industry - the Fur Trade - of North America in the late 18th Century. Against this background, with crisp writing an unadorned description, ... [... more]
$14.95
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EARLY FUR TRADE ON THE NORTHERN PLAINS
"Early Fur Trade on the Northern Plains presents a lengthy introduction plus a unique combination of five journals, or portions of journals, of North West Company and Hudson's Bay Company traders who left records of their travels to the country of ... [... more]
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My First Years in the Fur Trade: The Journals of ...
Obscure While the introduction and footnotes were very well edited, I did struggle through the actual journals themselves. This could be attributed to Nelson's writing style, my unfamiliarity with Lake Superior geography and/or the plethora of French ... [... more]
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The 1837 Sketchbook of the Western Fur Trade
Detailed examination of the work of Alfred Jacob Miller. Miller was the only artist known to have painted and sketched the participants and events of the pre-1840 Western fur trade. Hired by William Drummond Stewart to record Stewart's journey through ... [... more]
$8.95
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Children of the Fur Trade: Forgotten Metis of the ...
During the first half of the 19th century, a unique subculture built around hunting and mobility existed quietly in the Pacific Northwest. Descendants of European or Canadian fathers and Native American mothers, these mixed-blood settlers—called Mé ... [... more]
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John Jacob Astor and the Fur Trade
John Jacob Astor came to America with only seven flutes to sell and $25 in his pocket. From there, he made a fortune. Accessible text, engaging photos, illustrations, charts, and maps tell the story of how Astor's work with the fur trade and New York ... [... more]
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Rendezvous Reliving the Fur Trade Era of 1825 - 1840
"Through the hazy smoke of campfires one sees a primitive campsite, replete with figures dressed in clothing styles dating back 150 to 200 years. Is it a dream? Have we entered a time warp? Neither-people are simply enjoying themselves at a modern ... [... more]
$17.95
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The Chouteaus: First Family of the Fur Trade
In the late eighteenth century, the vast, pristine land that lay west of the Mississippi River remained largely unknown to the outside world. The area beckoned to daring frontiersmen who produced the first major industry of the American West--the ... [... more]
$29.95
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Trading Beyond the Mountains: The British Fur Trade on ...
The HBC on the Pacific, 1821-1843. This scholarly history of the Hudsons' Bay Company focuses on the company in the years 1821-1843, immediately after its merger with the North West Company. Richard Mackie's thorough research attends closely to journals ... [... more]
$32.95
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