The Company of Adventurers; A Narrative of Seven Years in the Service of the Hudson's Bay Company During 1867-1874 On the Great Buffalo Plains
by Cowie, Isaac
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine
- Seller
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Chehalis, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Toronto: William Briggs, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 515 pp, illustrated. Subscribers' edition, in navy blue cloth with Hudson's Bay Company crest on the front cover. Some rubbing to extremities, binding tight, text clean. Bison Books edition description: "The Hudson's Bay Company had been operating for nearly two centuries when young Isaac Cowie joined it in 1867. He sailed from the Shetland Islands to Rupert's Land, finally reaching York Factory, where he awaited his assignment. Company of Adventurers describes the early, lusty history of the HBC and the years of Cowie's service, when manufactured goods were driving out the demand for furs and buffalo hides. It contains rare information about the Assiniboin and Plains Crees Indians during the period before their confinement to reservations. Alive to the historical and ethnographic value of his writing, Cowie tells about his tenure as a clerk (later manager) at Fort Qu'Appelle in southern Saskatchewan, the colorful personalities who served with him, the wide-ranging fur brigades, remote outposts, and the Company's relations with Indian tribes. He was the first white man known to have set foot within the Swift Current District when in 1868 he hunted buffalo there. His dealings with the Métis during the Red River Rebellion placed him where history was being made.
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- Bookseller
- Walkabout Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22728
- Title
- The Company of Adventurers; A Narrative of Seven Years in the Service of the Hudson's Bay Company During 1867-1874 On the Great Buffalo Plains
- Author
- Cowie, Isaac
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- William Briggs
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1913
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canada;
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Walkabout Books
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Chehalis, Washington
About Walkabout Books
Walkabout Books is an antiquarian bookstore located in southwest Washington State. We specialize in Americana and the literature of travel and adventure, including travel narratives, travel and tourism ephemera (travel diaries, vintage brochures, guidebooks, etc), exploration, mountaineering, and other outdoor pursuits. We also carry interesting and unusual books in many other fields.
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