The Seven Oaks reader

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  • Author: Devine, Heather , Kostash, Myrna
    Summary:

    Myrna Kostash's follow up to The Frog Lake Reader is an engaging and exciting overview of the rivalry between fur trading companies in Nineteenth Century Canada.

    Contents:
    • Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Cast of Characters; One. In the Beginning; The Fur Trade Wars; Métis; Lord Selkirk and His Settlement; Two. Colony 1811â#x88;#x92;12; Selkirkâ#x80;#x99;s Plans Go Ahead; Preparations to Leave Scotland; Winter On the Bay 1811â#x88;#x92;1812; They Walk to the Forks July 1812; They Reach the Forks; Wintering Over 1812â#x88;#x92;1813; Three. The Colony In Crisis 1813â#x88;#x92;15; Third Sailing; At the Settlement; Proclamation; Pemmican War; Skirmishes; Four. First Destruction of the Colony; The Campaign Intensifies; Colony Under Attack. Colony DestroyedLose the Battle, Win the War; Overview 1815; Five. Colony Winter/Spring 1815â#x88;#x92;16; Elusive Peace; Lord Selkirkâ#x80;#x99;s Defense; A Troubled Spring; Attacks and Counterattacks; Showdown At Red River; Six. The Battle of Seven Oaks; Métis On the Move; Governor Semple Musters His Men; The Battle of Seven Oaks; Who Fired the First Shot?; Meanwhile, Back At the Fort; Fixing Blame; The Ballad of Pierre Falcon; Seven. Aftermath; Lord Selkirk Strikes Back; A War of Words; The Selkirk Colony Rebuilds, Again; Missionaries At the Forks; The Coltman Commission; The Coltman Report. In the CourtsDenouement; Finale; Eight. The Historians; Summing Up; Nine. Legacies; Settlers; Métis Nation; Epilogue; Chronology; Biographies of Cited Writers; Works Cited; Further Reading; Permissions; Image Credits; Index.
    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History
    Original Publisher: Edmonton, Alberta , NeWest Press
    Language(s): English
    ISBN:

    9781926455549

    ,

    1926455541

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Abstract

Myrna Kostash's follow up to The Frog Lake Reader is an engaging and exciting overview of the rivalry between fur trading companies in Nineteenth Century Canada.

Genre
Canadian nonfiction
History
Publisher (Source)

Edmonton, Alberta

NeWest Press

Not specified

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