Fur, Fortune, and Empire: The Epic History of the Fur Trade in America by Eric Jay Dolin

Fur, Fortune, and Empire: The Epic History of the Fur Trade in America

Eric Jay Dolin

442 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction economics history adventurous informative slow-paced

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From the best-selling author of Leviathan comes this sweeping narrative of one of America’s most historically rich industries. Beginning his epic history in the early 1600s, Eric Jay Dolin traces the dramatic rise and fall of the American fur indu...

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