Download or read book Fur Trade Letters of Willie Traill 1864 1893 written by William Edward Traill and published by University of Alberta. This book was released on 2006-12-11 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gritty, deeply touching, fascinating, informative; these letters show the joys and heartbreaking challenges of family life in the fur trade.

Download or read book The Fur Trader written by Einar Odd Mortensen and published by University of Alberta. This book was released on 2022-08-18 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critical edition of a Norwegian free trader's account of the fur trade in Manitoba.

Download or read book Pemmican Empire written by George Colpitts and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pemmican Empire explores the fascinating and little-known environmental history of the role of pemmican (bison fat) in the opening of the British-American West.

Download or read book The Honourable John Norquay written by Gerald Friesen and published by Univ. of Manitoba Press. This book was released on 2024-04-12 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life and times of the Premier from Red River John Norquay, orphan and prodigy, was a leader among the Scots Cree peoples of western Canada. Born in the Red River Settlement, he farmed, hunted, traded, and taught school before becoming a legislator, cabinet minister, and, from 1878 to 1887, premier of Manitoba. Once described as Louis Riel’s alter ego, he skirmished with prime minister John A. Macdonald, clashed with railway baron George Stephen, and endured racist taunts while championing the interests of the Prairie West in battles with investment bankers, Ottawa politicians, and the CPR. His contributions to the development of Canada’s federal system and his dealings with issues of race and racism deserve attention today. Recounted here by Canadian historian Gerald Friesen, Norquay’s life story ignites contemporary conversations around the nature of empire and Canada’s own imperial past. Drawing extensively on recently opened letters and financial papers that offer new insights into his business, family, and political life, Friesen reveals Norquay to be a thoughtful statesman and generous patriarch. This masterful biography of the Premier from Red River sheds welcome light on a neglected historical figure and a tumultuous time for Canada and Manitoba.

Download or read book The Audacity of His Enterprise written by M. Max Hamon and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2020-01-09 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shining a spotlight on the life, vision, and cultivation of one of Canada's most influential historical figures.

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Download or read book Masters and Servants written by Scott P. Stephen and published by University of Alberta. This book was released on 2020-01-09 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[Stephen] offers fresh insight into the path a historic fur trading business took to become one of Canada’s most recognizable retailers.” —Literary Review of Canada In Masters and Servants, Scott P. Stephen reveals startling truths about Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) workers. Rather than dedicating themselves body and soul to the Company’s interests, these men were hired like domestic servants, joining a “household” with its attendant norms of duty and loyalty. The household system produced a remarkably stable political-economic entity, connecting early North American resource extraction to larger trends in British imperialism. Through painstaking research, Stephen shines welcome light on the lives of these largely overlooked individuals. An essential book for labor historians, Masters and Servants will appeal to scholars of early modern Britain, the North American fur trade, Western social history, business history, and anyone intrigued by the reach of the HBC. “Blacksmiths, bookkeepers, loggers, tanners, coopers, cooks, sail-makers, interpreters, surveyors, clergy, the list goes on as Stephen marches us through the lives of the early Hudson’s Bay worker.” —The Ormsby Review “Overall, the book reflects the work of a historian comfortable with the hard work of archival research and with an eye for detail and insightful quotations. In many respects, it does for Hudson’s Bay Company employees what Carolyn Podruchny’s Making the Voyageur World did for employees of the Montreal-based fur trade companies in recreating their values, worldview, and distinctive work environment.” —Michael Payne, Prairie History

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Download or read book Letters on the Fur Trade 1833 written by William Johnston and published by . This book was released on 1910* with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Fur Trade Letters of Francis Ermatinger written by Lois Halliday MacDonald and published by Glendale, Calif. : A.H. Clark. This book was released on 1980 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the life of a Hudson's Bay Company clerk, based on extracts from his letters.

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Download or read book Lac La Biche and the Early Fur Traders written by Edward J. McCullough and published by Canadian Circumpolar Institute. This book was released on 1991 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This detailed study of the g̀ateway community' of Lac la Biche in northern Alberta examines life in the region during the fur trade near the Beaver River route, Portage La Biche, Red Deers Lake House, Greenwich House and Lac La Biche Post.

Download or read book The Beaver Hills Country written by Graham MacDonald and published by Athabasca University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores a relatively small, but interesting and anomalous, region of Alberta between the North Saskatchewan and the Battle Rivers. Ecological themes, such as climatic cycles, ground water availability, vegetation succession and the response of wildlife, and the impact of fires, shape the possibilities and provide the challenges to those who have called the region home or used its varied resources: Indians, Metis, and European immigrants.