{"product_id":"the-fur-trade-gamble-9780874223408","title":"The Fur Trade Gamble","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDramatis Personae\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Bon Voyageur\u003cp\u003eChapter One: \"Oh Caledonia, Stern and Wild\": Duncan McGillivray, Simon Fraser, 1793-1808\u003cbr\u003eChapter Two: Into a Heart of Darkness: David Thompson\u003cbr\u003eChapter Three: Competing for the Columbia: North West Company on a Slippery Pacific Slope\u003cbr\u003eChapter Four: \"Doing Indian Business\": Spokane House and Okanogan\u003cbr\u003eChapter Five: War and Robbery at Astoria \u003cbr\u003eChapter Six: \"a dull sailer\": The Tardy Voyage of the \u003ci\u003eIsaac Todd\u003c\/i\u003e, 1812\u003cbr\u003eChapter Seven: The Early \"Adventures to China\"\u003cbr\u003eChapter Eight: Canton and Return, 1814-1815\u003cbr\u003eChapter Nine: Maritime and Marital Activities of the \"other\" \u003ci\u003eColumbia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Ten: Final Attempts at Shipping: The Voyage of the \u003ci\u003eColonel Allan\u003c\/i\u003e, 1815-1817\u003cbr\u003eChapter Eleven: \"A Place so Dull and Dreary\": The Interior Fur Trade\u003cbr\u003eChapter Twelve: Reforms and Unconvinced Reformers \u003cbr\u003eChapter Thirteen: Genesis of McKenzie's Snake Brigades\u003cbr\u003eChapter Fourteen: The Restoration of Astoria\u003cbr\u003eChapter Fifteen: Fort Nez Perces and the Snake Country Hunting Brigades\u003cbr\u003eChapter Sixteen: \"We cannot blame ourselves therefore\": A Financial Failure\u003cbr\u003eChapter Seventeen: Revelations of Character\u003cbr\u003eChapter Eighteen: Freemen\u003cbr\u003eChapter Nineteen: The Human Legacy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix A: Columbia People\u003cbr\u003eAppendix B: Business Records\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Authors\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Washington State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49528307581271,"sku":"9780874223408","price":20.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780874223408.jpg?v=1731871149","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-fur-trade-gamble-9780874223408","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}