Laut tells the stories of the men who first crossed the great Northwest: Pierre Radisson’s voyages among the western tribes, the La Vérendrye family’s push toward the Rockies, Samuel Hearne and Alexander Mackenzie’s journeys for the fur trade, and the American expedition of Lewis and Clark. She quarrels with received opinion and draws on French-Canadian sources.
A spirited popular history of exploration, especially strong on Radisson. Download the free EPUB.