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Rainy Lake House: Twilight of Empire on the Northern Frontier
By Catton, Theodore
- ISBN
- 9781421422923 9781421422930
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins Univ.
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Starred Review on September 1, 2017 | social sciences
Catton's (history, Univ. of Montana) narrative brings together three men who in many ways epitomize early 19th-century life on the U.S. and Canadian frontiers, where both geographical and social boundaries overlapped and were often blurred. Maj. Stephen Long, an officer in the U.S. Army, explored the reaches of the upper Mississippi River. Dr. John McLoughlin was a ranking official with Canada's Hudson's Bay Company. Captured by th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
