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Author Dolin, Eric Jay.

Title Fur, fortune, and empire : the epic history of the fur trade in America / Eric Jay Dolin.

Publication Info. New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [2010]
©2010

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 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  381.4 DOL    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  381 DOLIN    DUE 05-15-24
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  381 DOLIN    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  978 DOL    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  381.4568 D69    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Adult  978.02 DOL    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  381.4568 DOLIN    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  381.4568 DO    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xvii, 442 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents pt. 1. Furs settle the New World -- "As fine a river as can be found" -- The precious beaver -- New Amsterdam rising -- "The Bible and the beaver" -- pt. 2. Clash of empires -- Competition, conflict, and chicanery -- "Many hounds are the hare's death" -- Adieu to the French -- Americans oust the British -- pt. 3. America heads West -- "A perfect golden round of profits" -- Up the Missouri -- Astoria -- Mountain men -- Taos trappers and Astor's empire -- Fall of the beaver -- The last robe -- Epilogue: End of an era.
Subject Fur trade -- North America -- History.
Fur trade -- West (U.S.) -- History.
Frontier and pioneer life -- North America.
Europeans -- North America -- History.
Imperialism -- History.
Europe -- Colonies -- America.
North America -- History.
North America -- Ethnic relations.
North America -- Discovery and exploration -- European.
North America -- Economic conditions.
ISBN 9780393067101
0393067106
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