The Fur Trade Within Colonial Times (Skylla Larson)
For Further Reading Check out These Books
For Adults
- Strangers in Blood : Fur Trade Company Families in Indian Country By Jennifer S. H. Brown
- Indigenous Women and Work: From Labor to Activism By Carol Williams
- Many Tender Ties: Women in Fur-Trade Society, 1670-1870 By Sylvia Van Kirk
- Fort Union and the Upper Missouri Fur Trade By Barton H. Barbour
- Fur, Fortune, and Empire By Eric Jay Dolin
For Young Readers
- The Legend of The Beaver's Tail By Stephanie Shaw
- Keeping Warm With Fur and Fat Hannah Fields
- The Young Fur Traders: A Tale of the Far North BY Robert Michael Ballantyne
- Trappers & Mountain Men By Anastasia Suen
Works Used in the Making of This Page
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- Hearne, Samuel. A journey to the Northern Ocean: The adventures of Samuel Hearne. Surrey: Heritage House, 2015.
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- Newman, Peter C. Empire of the Bay: An illustrated history of the hudson’s bay company. Markham, Ont: Viking/Madison Press, 1990.
- Nute, Grace Lee. Caesars of the Wilderness: Médard Chouart, Sieur des groseilliers and Pierre Esprit Radisson, 1618-1710. St. Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1978.
- Ogden, Adele. The California Sea Otter Trade: 1784-1848, by Adele Ogden. Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 1941.
- Richter, Daniel K., and Bob Souer. Facing east from Indian country: A native history of early america. Old Saybrook: Tantor Audio, 2018.
- Van Kirk, Sylvia. Many tender ties: Women in fur-trade society, 1670-1870. Winnipeg: Watson & Dwywer, 2011.