Books about the fur trade
#7073361
12/04/20 02:58 PM
12/04/20 02:58 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 5,152 Northern Minnesota
BernieB.
OP
trapper
|
OP
trapper
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 5,152
Northern Minnesota
|
This topic comes up from time to time so I thought I would share. I have dozens of books on the fur trade and mountain men, etc. I just read one that took me by surprise. It's called Fur, Fortune and Empire by Eric Jay Dolin. This a remarkably detailed account of the fur trade in North America from the earliest explorers soon after Columbus through the late 1800's when the buffalo were mostly killed off. The detail is really good and despite the fact that it's a history book, it's very easy reading. The early explorers and fur traders, voyageurs, the dutch, the pilgrims, the wars between the english and the french, and between the US and Mexico were either all about beaver pelts or mostly about fur trade and he makes all these connections.
Very well researched and detailed book if you are interested in the history of the fur trade.
|
|
|
Re: Books about the fur trade
[Re: BernieB.]
#7073388
12/04/20 03:23 PM
12/04/20 03:23 PM
|
Joined: Mar 2020
Posts: 7,216 W NY
Turtledale
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Mar 2020
Posts: 7,216
W NY
|
Sounds like a good read. Thanks
NYSTA, NTA, FTA, life member Erie county trappers assn.,life member Catt.county trappers
|
|
|
Re: Books about the fur trade
[Re: BernieB.]
#7073389
12/04/20 03:23 PM
12/04/20 03:23 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 2,324 Hancock Co., Indiana
Kart29
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 2,324
Hancock Co., Indiana
|
I guess Tom Miranda has a new book out about the famous old mountain men / trappers. I'm hoping to get a copy for Christmas.
What from Christ that soul can sever, Bound by everlasting bands? None shall take thee From the Strength of Israel's hands.
|
|
|
Re: Books about the fur trade
[Re: BernieB.]
#7073413
12/04/20 03:47 PM
12/04/20 03:47 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 11,004 Oregon
beaverpeeler
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 11,004
Oregon
|
Bernie, have you read any of Peter Skene Ogden's journals or the autobiography of Alexander's Ross: Fur Hunters of the Far West?
My fear of moving stairs is escalating!
|
|
|
Re: Books about the fur trade
[Re: beaverpeeler]
#7073430
12/04/20 04:02 PM
12/04/20 04:02 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 5,152 Northern Minnesota
BernieB.
OP
trapper
|
OP
trapper
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 5,152
Northern Minnesota
|
Bernie, have you read any of Peter Skene Ogden's journals or the autobiography of Alexander's Ross: Fur Hunters of the Far West? Yes I believe so, although I tend to collect books about free trappers and mountain men more than books about the fur companies themselves, like the Hudson Bay Company and the Pacific Fur company. I especially like the journals of the mountain men so you can read their experiences in their own words.
|
|
|
Re: Books about the fur trade
[Re: BernieB.]
#7073548
12/04/20 05:24 PM
12/04/20 05:24 PM
|
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 1,145 Minnesota
Born
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 1,145
Minnesota
|
Curious if he explains the buffalo's demise?
Help yourself.
|
|
|
Re: Books about the fur trade
[Re: Born]
#7073558
12/04/20 05:33 PM
12/04/20 05:33 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 5,152 Northern Minnesota
BernieB.
OP
trapper
|
OP
trapper
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 5,152
Northern Minnesota
|
Curious if he explains the buffalo's demise? In great detail with lots of fact and numbers and first hand accounts.
|
|
|
Re: Books about the fur trade
[Re: BernieB.]
#7073560
12/04/20 05:36 PM
12/04/20 05:36 PM
|
Mark June
Unregistered
|
Mark June
Unregistered
|
I am of the opinion after reading a great article years back that a cattle virus decimated the tetonkas.
|
|
|
Re: Books about the fur trade
[Re: ]
#7076177
12/06/20 08:51 AM
12/06/20 08:51 AM
|
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 5,152 Northern Minnesota
BernieB.
OP
trapper
|
OP
trapper
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 5,152
Northern Minnesota
|
I am of the opinion after reading a great article years back that a cattle virus decimated the tetonkas. The buffalo were almost entirely gone way before the cattle arrived. Market hunting and the trade in buffalo robes fueled the slaughter. When the railroad came through, it was the beginning of the end because now they had a much better way to move the skins from the fields to the markets.
|
|
|
|
|