Sources of the River: Tracking David Thompson Across Western North America

The awe-inspiring story of explorer David Thompson, whose expeditions helped shape western North America



In this true story of adventure, author Jack Nisbet recreates the life and times of David Thompson-fur trader, explorer, surveyor, and mapmaker. From 1784 to 1812, Thompson explored western North America, and his field journals provide the earliest written accounts of the natural history and indigenous cultures of the what is now British Columbia, Alberta, Montana, Idaho, Washington, and ...