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Axelrod, Alan, 1952-
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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.
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A savage empire : tr...
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A savage empire : trappers, traders, tribes, and the wars that made America / Alan Axelrod.
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Axelrod, Alan, 1952-
New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2011.
Subjects
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.
ISBN:
9780312576561 :
0312576560
Description:
viii, 324 p. ; 25 cm.
Edition:
1st ed.
Contents:
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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"... Reveals the astonishingly vital role a small animal-the beaver-played in the creation of our nation"--From publisher description.
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Hawaii State Library
Business, Science & Technology
381.45685 Ax
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Kailua Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
381.45685 Ax
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