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A Savage Empire - Trappers, Traders, Tribes, and the Wars That Made America (Hardcover)
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A Savage Empire - Trappers, Traders, Tribes, and the Wars That Made America (Hardcover)
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"A surprising and sweeping history that reveals the fur trade to be
the driving force behind conquest, colonization, and revolution in
early America
"Combining the epic saga of Hampton Sides's "Blood and Thunder
"with the natural history of Mark Kurlansky's "Cod," popular
historian Alan Axelrod reveals the astonishingly vital role a small
animal--the beaver--played in the creation of our nation. The
author masterfully relays a story often neglected by conventional
histories: how lust for fur trade riches moved monarchs and men to
launch expeditions of discovery, finance massive corporate
enterprises, and wage war. Deftly weaving cultural and military
narratives, the author chronicles how Spanish, Dutch, French,
English, and Native American tribes created and betrayed alliances
based on trapping and trade disputes, producing a surprisingly
complex series of loyalties that endured throughout the Revolution
and beyond.
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