The Fist in the Wilderness
Author: David J. Wishart, David Sievert Lavender
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ISBN: 0803279760
Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr (May, 1998)
Sales Rank: 378,341
Average Customer Rating: 3 out of 5
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Rating: 3 out of 5
Long-winded, exhausting and monotonous
The amount of research which went into this book must have been phenomenal but the writing style is so complex and confusing, it can be difficult to follow. This is the political and economical side of the fur trade business during the early 1800's from the point of view of John Jacob Astor and Ramsay Crooks of the American Fur Company. There is much to be learned from the book, especially relationships between the United States, England, France and Spain; establishing international boundaries; the never-ending saga of allowing (or not allowing) whiskey into the Indian country; the tense competition between the fur companies, etc. Better have a dictionary handy too as some of the wording will need defining to the average reader.
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