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Presents the history of fur trade. This book relates the story of men such as John Jacob Astor and Ramsay Crooks who competed with Britain's Hudson's Bay Company for the fur resources of the Great Lakes region and the upper Missouri River country.

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"The finest single-volume history of the fur trade to appear. The author has a bloodhound’s instinct for primary sources, and an above-average storytelling ability. Further, he corrects distortions."—Library Journal
"This book derives its importance not only from describing the fur trade . . . but also from the information it contains about frontier life, economic history, political and diplomatic activities, and, of course, the American Indian. This is a thorough effort of fine research, style, organization."—Choice
"The relations between Astor’s company, its domestic rivals, the government, the Indians, and the North West Company of Canada, are nowhere better described."—Journal of American History

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    A Paperback / softback by David Lavender, David J. Wishart

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      Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/05/1998
      ISBN13: 9780803279766, 978-0803279766
      ISBN10: 0803279760

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Presents the history of fur trade. This book relates the story of men such as John Jacob Astor and Ramsay Crooks who competed with Britain's Hudson's Bay Company for the fur resources of the Great Lakes region and the upper Missouri River country.

      Trade Review
      "The finest single-volume history of the fur trade to appear. The author has a bloodhound’s instinct for primary sources, and an above-average storytelling ability. Further, he corrects distortions."—Library Journal
      "This book derives its importance not only from describing the fur trade . . . but also from the information it contains about frontier life, economic history, political and diplomatic activities, and, of course, the American Indian. This is a thorough effort of fine research, style, organization."—Choice
      "The relations between Astor’s company, its domestic rivals, the government, the Indians, and the North West Company of Canada, are nowhere better described."—Journal of American History

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