Making the Voyageur World Land with coloured drawings by Charley

with coloured drawings by Charley Hebert

historian Michael Payne explores the personalities and events that shaped this powerful business

Ontario teachers and librarians will find this title is an excellent historical inquiry resource for providing Anishinabek language perspective in the new elementary Social Studies curriculum

Warren Cariou

Instead Distorted Descent

Making the Voyageur World Land with coloured drawings by CharleyYork University history professor's study of the voyageurs who worked transporting goods during the fur trade. Their often overlooking social lives are examined in this study. Documentary sources are limited to reports by travelers, explorers, and their masters. From these records the author describes the personal lives of these French Canadian men as well as their interaction and relationships with First Nations.