Emperor of the North

Zusatztext . . . A wonderful read to be treasured . . . one of those rare books you don't want to finish. Informationen zum Autor James Raffan is one of our foremost authorities on the North, the wilderness and the canoeing tradition. He is the author of Fire in the Bones, the acclaimed bestselling biography of Bill Mason; Bark, Skin and Cedar: Exploring the Canoe in Canadian Experience; and Deep Waters. He is also the editor of Rendezvous with the Wild: The Boreal Forest and The Lure of Faraway Places. Raffan is a fellow and former governor of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, and has served as chair of the Arctic Institute of North America. A recipient of the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal, he is the curator of the Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough. He lives in Seeley's Bay, Ontario. Klappentext The bestseller from James Raffan, Emperor of the North tells the story of Sir George Simpson, whose extraordinary life coincided with the success of one of the greatest commercial empires in history: the Hudson's Bay Company, a vast trading venture that became the world's oldest continuous commercial enterprise. Zusammenfassung The bestseller from James Raffan, Emperor of the North tells the story of Sir George Simpson, whose extraordinary life coincided with the success of one of the greatest commercial empires in history: the Hudson’s Bay Company, a vast trading venture that became the world’s oldest continuous commercial enterprise.

Product details

• Authors: James Raffan, Raffan James
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.09.2010
• EAN: 9780062026651
• ISBN: 978-0-06-202665-1
• No. of pages: 496
• Series: Phyllis Bruce Books
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Geographical discovery and exploration, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Adventurers & Explorers, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Rich & Famous, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Medical (incl. Patients), TRAVEL: Canada / General, HISTORY: Military / Canada, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Survival, HISTORY: Canada / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Educators, canada;fur trade;history;non-fiction;2009;2010;2011, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Memoirs