Rainy Lake House - Twilight of Empire on the Northern Frontier

A fateful encounter between three backwoodsmen on the British-American-Indian frontier leads to the pursuit of wealth¿and tragedy.

About the author

Theodore Catton is an associate research professor of history at the University of Montana. He is the author of Inhabited Wilderness: Indians, Eskimos, and Alaska’s National Parks and American Indians and National Forests.

Summary

Catton deftly crafts one grand narrative out of three and reveals the perilous lives of the white adventurers and their Indian families, who lived on the fringe of empire.

Product details

• Authors: Theodore Catton, Theodore (Associate Research Professor Catton, Catton Theodore
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2017
• EAN: 9781421422923
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-2292-3
• No. of pages: 424
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, Economic history, History of the Americas, HISTORY / Indigenous / General