My First Years in the Fur Trade: The Journals of 1802-1804 George Nelson - Couverture rigide

Nelson, George; Peers, Laura; Schenck, Theresa

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0773523782 ISBN 13 : 9780773523784

Editeur : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2002

Synopsis

Captivated by tales of adventure, 15-year-old George Nelson left his family in Quebec in 1802 and headed to the Northwest Territory to work for Sir Alexander Mackenzie's XY Company, one of the major fur trade companies of the time. Required to keep a daily log as a fur trade clerk, his growth from homesick lad to experienced fur trader forms the heart of this journal. He recorded his feelings and thoughts, and was a vital witness to all that went on around him. Nelson's journals are particularly valuable for their candid observations on the customs and culture of the Ojibwa people and provide some of the most detailed descriptions available of Ojibwa spiritual practices. Long treasured by fur trade historians, the early journals of George Nelson are published here in their entirety for the first time. Careful editing and annotation by Laura Peers and Theresa Schenck explain references to people and Ojibwa culture and provide context on the North American fur trade.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Laura Peers is professor emerita of museum anthropology, curator emerita (Americas collections), Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, and adjunct professor in the School for the Study of Canada and the Department of Anthropology, Trent University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0773523782
• ISBN 13: 9780773523784
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 192
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• Personne responsable: non disponible