My First Years in the Fur Trade: The Journals of 1802-1804

"The writings of fur trader George Nelson are wonderfully rich, vivid, and personal. Laura Peers and Theresa Schenck have rendered great service in bringing these writings forward, editing and annotating them witgh care and empathy. This is a significant work for all who are interested in Native and fur trade history and seek to imagine what life was really like in those times."

Jennifer S. H. Brown, author of Strangers in Blood: Fur Trade Comapny Families in Indian Country

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