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A vivid account of life in the fur trade and a cornerstone of Canadian literature.

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
      Publication Date: 8/14/2015 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780773546165, 978-0773546165
      ISBN10: 0773546162

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A vivid account of life in the fur trade and a cornerstone of Canadian literature.

      Trade Review
      "In a very well-written introduction, editor Moreau points out that Thompson is best understood if the reader views him in the multiple roles of storyteller, interpreter of events, scientist, philosopher, and mediator. Thompson's own writings give ample evidence of this astute observation." CHOICE "The Travels is one of the pillars of Canadian writing, and as such, a primary source for scholars and researchers. Thompson is essential to the concept of the West; in some (European) ways, he created it. He predicted the demise of the bison, the decimat "Thompson's descriptions of his experiences transports the reader to the era of Euro American contact with Indigenous people in the pre-colonial West like no other - his observations are amongst the clearest and most perceptive written during the period.

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