Title: A savage empire : trappers, traders, tribes, and the wars that made America /
Authors: Axelrod, Alan, 1952-
Publisher: St. Martin's Press,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Fur trade North America History; Fur trade North America History; Fur traders North America History; Fur traders North America History; United States History; United States History
Abstract: "... Reveals the astonishingly vital role a small animal-the beaver-played in the creation of our nation"--From publisher description.
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.