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The Fist in the Wilderness
The Fist in the Wilderness
Author: David Lavender
An oft-told story from different perspectives, the history of the American fur trade is here placed within the overall rivalry for empire between Britain and the United States. David Lavender focuses on men such as John Jacob Astor and Ramsay Crooks who learned to exploit the needs and wants of Indian tribes to gain a superior economic position ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780803279766
ISBN-10: 0803279760
Publication Date: 5/1/1998
Pages: 498
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Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Book Type: Paperback
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