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A savage empire : trappers, traders, tribes, and the wars that made America / Alan Axelrod.

Axelrod, Alan, 1952- (Author).

Summary:

" ... Reveals the astonishingly vital role a small animal-the beaver-played in the creation of our nation"--Publisher description.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780312576561
  • ISBN: 0312576560
  • Physical Description: viii, 324 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-307) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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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Subject:
American Revolution (1775-1783)
Fur trade > North America > History > 17th century.
Fur trade > North America > History > 18th century.
Fur traders > North America > History > 17th century.
Fur traders > North America > History > 18th century.
United States > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783.
Fur trade.
Fur traders.
North America.
United States.
Fur trade > North America > History.
United States > History > 1600-1775, Colonial period.
United States > History > 1775-1783, Revolution.
Genre:
History.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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