A Savage Empire: Trappers, Traders, Tribes, and the Wars That Made America

by Alan Axelrod

Book Overview

A surprising and sweeping history that reveals the fur trade to be the driving force behind conquest, colonization, and revolution in early America Combining the epic saga of Hampton Sides's Blood and Thunder with the natural history of Mark Kurlansky's Cod , popular historian Alan Axelrod reveals the astonishingly vital role a small animal--the beaver--played in the creation of our nation. The author masterfully relays a story often neglected by...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312576560
• ISBN13: 9780312576561
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.3"