A Savage Empire - Trappers, Traders, Tribes, and the Wars That Made America by Alan Axelrod
Combining the epic saga of Hampton Sides's Blood and Thunder with the natural history of Mark Kurlansky's Cod, popular historian Alan Axelrod reveals the astonishingly vital role a small animal, the beaver, played in the creation of our nation. The author masterfully relays a story often neglected by conventional histories: how lust for fur trade riches moved monarchs and men to launch expeditions of discovery, finance massive corporate enterprises, and wage war. Deftly weaving cultural and military narratives, the author chronicles how Spanish, Dutch, French, English, and Native American tribes created and betrayed alliances based on trapping and trade disputes, producing a surprisingly complex series of loyalties that endured throughout the Revolution and beyond.
This hardcover book is in very good condition with slight imperfections to the dust jacket. Pages are in very good condition.
ISBN 10: 0312576560 / ISBN 13: 9780312576561
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Published: 2011
