Title:
Birchbark brigade : a fur trade history / Cris Peterson.
ISBN:
9781590784266
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
Honesdale, Pa. : Calkins Creek, [2009]
©2009
Physical Description:
135 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
General Note:
Maps on endsheets.
Contents:
Brandishing peltry on sticks -- They would offer us battle -- They attack like lions -- By virtue of His Majesty's commission -- A stranger to the commerce -- I now mixed up some vermilion in melted grease -- A fair specimen of the life -- Slapped on the face by a grisly bear -- A famous ball in the dining room -- We did not make palaces -- I found a piece of stone.
Summary:
The North American fur trade, set in motion by the discovery of the New World in the fifteenth century, was this continent's biggest business for over three hundred years. The fur trade influenced every aspect of life, from how Europeans related to the Indians, how and where settlements were built, to how our nation formed. Drawing on primary sources, including the diaries of Ojibwa, American, and French traders of the period, Birchbark Brigade gives readers a glimpse of a little-known story from our past.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader MG 8.4 6 135177
Subject Term:
Audience:
NC1250L Lexile
OCLC Number:
ocn291908085
Availability:
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