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Frontiers of fortunes; the fur trade.

Recounts the life and times of the fur traders and trappers who tracked the woods of North America from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries. Describes the beaver, and competitive battles of men such as Pierre Radisson, Alexander Mackenzie, and John Jacob Astor. Illustrated with contemporary...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Honig, Donald
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, McGraw-Hill [1967]
Series:Trade routes series.
Subjects:
Fur trade > North America > Juvenile literature.
Fur trade > North America.
Fourrures > Commerce > Amérique du Nord > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Fur trade.
North America.
Literature.
Juvenile works.
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Summary:Recounts the life and times of the fur traders and trappers who tracked the woods of North America from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries. Describes the beaver, and competitive battles of men such as Pierre Radisson, Alexander Mackenzie, and John Jacob Astor. Illustrated with contemporary prints and drawings.
Physical Description:127 pages illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits 26 cm.
Bibliography:Bibliography: p. 127.