Record details

• ISBN: 9780002007832
• ISBN: 9780006394877
• ISBN: 0006394876
• ISBN: 0002007835
• Physical Description: 484 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, genealogical table, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Publisher: Toronto : HarperCollins, ©2007.

Content descriptions

General Note:

"A Phyllis Bruce book."

Includes folded map, facing p. 340.

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-467) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Pt. I. The Education of George Simpson. 1. Dingwall -- 2. London -- 3. Aboard the James Monroe -- 4. To Rupert's Land -- 5. Fort Wedderburn -- 6. Northern Governor -- 7. Management by Walking Around -- 8. Columbia -- 9. Viceregal CEO -- Pt. II. The Little Emperor. 10. A Man on the Ground -- 11. "The Chief Whose Dog Sings" -- 12. Itching to Marry -- 13. Dark Days in Red River -- 14. Merchant Emperor -- 15. George Simpson, Murderer? -- Pt. III. Sir George at Last. 16. Around the World -- 17. Presiding at Lachine -- 18. Denouement -- 19. The Emperor's Light Goes Out -- App. I. Sir George's Family Tree -- App. II. Inventory of Estate of Late Sir G. Simpson.

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Simpson, George, Sir, 1786 or 1787-1860.
Hudson's Bay Company > History > 19th century.
Fur trade > Canada > History > 19th century.
Executives > Canada > Biography.