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A savage empire: trappers, traders, tribes, and the wars that made America

By Alan , Axelrod

Book information

Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Year
2011
ISBN
9780312576561, 9781429990707, 1429990708
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
470 kB (481311 bytes)
Edition
First edition
Pages
viii, 324 pages\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Fur trade--North America--History;Fur trade--North

Description

Overture : Mr. Pepys's hat -- The middle ground -- Employees, martyrs, and four hundred rifles -- Beaver wars -- Inland empires -- "This new man" -- Fires in the wilderness -- Colonel Washington's mission -- "Property of the Crown" -- "Set the world on fire" -- Fort Necessity -- Mercenary War -- "All North America in the hands of a single power" -- White savages -- Big knives and red people -- Anthony and Astor.;" ... Reveals the astonishingly vital role a small animal-the beaver-played in the creation of our nation"--Publisher description. Overture : Mr. Pepys's hat -- The middle ground -- Employees, martyrs, and four hundred rifles -- Beaver wars -- Inland empires -- "This new man" -- Fires in the wilderness -- Colonel Washington's mission -- "Property of the Crown" -- "Set the world on fire" -- Fort Necessity -- Mercenary War -- "All North America in the hands of a single power" -- White savages -- Big knives and red people -- Anthony and Astor.

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