{"product_id":"hudsons-bay-or-every-day-life-in-the-wilds-of-north-america-during-six-years-residence-in-the-territories-of-the-honourable-hudsons-bay-company-paperback-9781108048200","title":"Hudson's Bay, or, Every-day Life in the Wilds of North America; During Six Years' Residence in the Territories of the Honourable Hudson's Bay Company (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108048200","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHudson's Bay, or, Every-day Life in the Wilds of North America\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eDuring Six Years' Residence in the Territories of the Honourable Hudson's Bay Company\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCombining anthropological observations with descriptions of landscapes and animals, Ballantyne's 1848 narrative will appeal to historians, geographers and travellers alike.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobert Michael Ballantyne (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108048200, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 26 April 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e356 pages, 19 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2 cm, 0.45 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn 1841, aged just sixteen, the intrepid young Scotsman Robert M. Ballantyne (1825–94) joined the Hudson's Bay Company. Posted immediately to North-Eastern Canada, he spent five years traversing the region's inhospitable terrain by sleigh and canoe. His journal and letters home were so evocative that, upon his return, he was persuaded to publish an account of his experiences. Combining anthropological observations with descriptions of landscapes, plants, and animals, the account was applauded by the Dundee Courier for 'opening up a mine of information to the curious' and 'describing the everyday life of a novel and singular existence' with 'buoyancy and animation'. Appearing within a year of the first edition in 1848, the second edition reproduced here is illustrated throughout with views and vignettes. 'Free from tedious details and unnecessary wordiness', Ballantyne's fast-moving and readable narrative challenges many misconceptions about nineteenth-century Canada and its indigenous peoples.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Preliminary observations\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Hudson's Bay Company\u003cbr\u003e 3. North American Indians\u003cbr\u003e 4. Voyage to Red River settlement\u003cbr\u003e 5. Red River\u003cbr\u003e 6. Arrival at Norway House\u003cbr\u003e 7. York factory\u003cbr\u003e 8. Receive orders to prepare for a long journey\u003cbr\u003e 9. Continuation of the voyage in a large canoe through the interior, by the Great Lakes, to Canada\u003cbr\u003e 10. Winter travelling in Canada\u003cbr\u003e 11. A snow-shoe journey.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of the Americas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of the Americas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20the%20Americas%20%5BHBJK%5D%22\"\u003eHBJK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266087571736,"sku":"9781108048200","price":33.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108048200i.jpg?v=1696746814","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/hudsons-bay-or-every-day-life-in-the-wilds-of-north-america-during-six-years-residence-in-the-territories-of-the-honourable-hudsons-bay-company-paperback-9781108048200","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}