Hail Columbia: Robert Gray, John Kendrick and the Pacific Fur Trade

by John Scofield

Book Overview

This well-researched history explores the voyages of captains John Kendrick and Robert Gray, including Gray's voyage in 1792 to the mouth of the Columbia River. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875952348
• ISBN13: 9780875952345
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 378 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent history of early American trade and shipping

Excellent history of a little-known and fascinating chapter in early American maritime and trade history on the Pacific coast. Kendrick's and Gray's expedition helped spark Jefferson's interest in the west; their exploits were precursors to Lewis and Clark. Lively and full of interesting anecdotes, particularly of Kendrick's activities.

The definative work on the 1700's PNW fur trade

Scofield digs deep into hard-to-find journals and letters from the voyages of the Amercian fur trading vessels Columbia Rediviva and Lady Washington. His colorful descriptions of the meanderings of the two boats paints a vivid portrait of life aboard a trading ship along the mostly-uncharted coast. Most impressive here is Scofield's insight into the men who pressed on with arrogance and greed to find fortune in the Otter fur trade circle of the late 1700's.