The Elusive Mr. Pond: The Soldier, Fur Trader and Explorer Who Opened the Northwest
Madeira Park, BC: Douglas & McIntyre, 2015. Hardcover. 8vo., 230. A biography of one of the most controversial, and yet forgotten men who opened The West to the fur trade, and eventual settlement by people who ultimately helped form the country of Canada. Pond was an American-born adventurer who became a successful fur trader, and founder of the North West Company, for a time competitor of The Hudson's Bay Company. The details of his life were drawn from his surviving journals, and memoirs, as well as letters, and publications. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Item #830202589
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