Fur trade letters of Willie Traill, 1864-1893
Record details
- ISBN: 9780888644602 (softcover) :
- ISBN: 0888644604 (softcover) :
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Physical Description:
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xxvii, 339 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Edmonton : University of Alberta Press, 2006.
- Copyright: ©2006
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-326) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 1. Fort Garry, 1864 -- 2. Fort Ellice, 1864-1867 -- 3. Touchwood hills, 1867-1869 -- 4. Saskatchewan River posts, 1869-1874 -- 5. Lac la Biche, 1874-1881 -- 6. Lesser Slave Lake, 1881-1885 -- 7. Fort Vermilion, 1886-1889 -- 8. Fort St. James, 1889-1893 |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Prince Rupert Library | 971.202092 TRAI (Text) | 33294001552199 | Adult Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Alexis Creek Branch | 971.202 TRA (Text)
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Summary:
"William Edward Traill, better known as Willie, was the son of Catharine Parr Traill, The Backwoods of Canada (1836), and nephew of Susanna Moodie, Roughing It in the Bush (1852), and he too was a natural writer." "Traill left Upper Canada to join the Hudson's Bay Company in what was to become the Canadian West. For some thirty years, he worked his way up from clerk to Chief Trader. He also met and married Harriet McKay and together they had twelve children." "His letters home between 1864 and 1893 convey a rich and detailed portrait of domestic life in the service of the fur trade of the Northwest. At turns gritty, then deeply touching, the Willie Traill letters are a fascinating and unguarded portrait of the joys and heartbreaking challenges of raising a family in the fur trade." -- back cover