Frontiers of fortunes
Subtitle: the fur trade.
Series: Trade routes series
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Published: 1967
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
Subjects: Fur trade -- North America -- Juvenile literature.; Fur trade -- North America.
Description: Recounts the life and times of the fur traders and trappers who tracked the woods of North America from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries. Describes the beaver, and competitive battles of men such as Pierre Radisson, Alexander Mackenzie, and John Jacob Astor. Illustrated with contemporary prints and drawings.