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The Voyageur

The Voyageur Paperback - 1987

by Nute, Grace Lee

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U.S.A.: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1987 Reprint edition and first paperback edition. Was published 1931 / 1955 / 1987. Illustrated red card covers. A clean, bright, tight copy with B / W frontispiece and illustrations from the woodcuts of Carl W. Bertsch."This is (still) the definitive work on the French-Canadians who manned the great canoes of the fur trade from Montreal to the Pacific and the far northwest.he Voyageur is the authoritative account of a unique and colorful group of men whose exploits, songs, and customs comprise an enduring legacy. French Canadians who guided and paddled the canoes of explorers and fur traders, the voyageurs were experts at traversing the treacherous rapids and dangerous open waters of the canoe routes from Quebec and Montreal to the regions bordering the Great Lakes and on to the Mackenzie and Columbia Rivers. During the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, explorers and fur traders relied on the voyageurs to open up the vast reaches of North America to settlement and trade.". Soft cover. As New.
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  • Title The Voyageur
  • Author Nute, Grace Lee
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition New
  • Pages 301
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press, U.S.A.
  • Date 1987
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # R4540
  • ISBN 9780873512138 / 0873512138
  • Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.5 x 5.4 x 0.8 in (21.59 x 13.72 x 2.03 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 18th Century
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Cultural Region: Canadian
    • Cultural Region: Great Lakes
    • Cultural Region: Midwest
    • Sex & Gender: Masculine
  • Library of Congress subjects French-Canadians, Canada - Social life and customs
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 86028468
  • Dewey Decimal Code 971.004

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