Sexual encounters between Indian women and the fur traders of the North West and Hudson's Bay Companies are generally thought to have been casual and illicit in nature. This illuminating book reveals instead that Indian-white marriages, sanctioned "after the custom of the country," resulted in many warm and enduring family unions. These were profoundly altered by the coming of the white women in the 1820s and 1830s.
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press, Norman,
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780806118475ISBN:0806118474
Description: 0806118474. 301 pages, well illustrated, map, pictorial wraps, very good. Second printing. From the back cover: From the moment you pickup Many Tender Ties and see the dramatic cover picture of an Indian mother and her blond son, you know this is not just another book about solitary, self-sufficient fur trappers. In fact, this is the long-neglected story of inter-racial fur-trade families and the unique society they developed in western Canada, 1670-1870. Ivan Kirk not only demonstrates how ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Date Published: 1983
ISBN-13:9780806118475ISBN:0806118474
Description: Good. Books have varying amounts of wear and highlighting. Usually ships within 24 hours in quality packaging. Satisfaction guaranteed. read more
Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN-13:9780806118475ISBN:0806118474
Description: Fair. 0806118474 Used textbook with many related defects; WARNING! Heavy highlighting throughout! This item may be a bargain, but if condition matters to you then get very good or better. read more
Edition: 1st American Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press, Norman and London
Date Published: 1983
ISBN-13:9780806118475ISBN:0806118474
Description: 301p., b/w illus., stiff wrappers. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780806118475ISBN:0806118474
Description: Very good. Paperback. Has minor wear and/or markings. Has minor wear and/or markings. SKU: 25170650 All orders shipped within 1 business day. 14 day money back guarantee ISBN: 9780806118475. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN-13:9780806118475ISBN:0806118474
Description: Good. 0806118474 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Oklahoma
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780806118475ISBN:0806118474
Description: Fourth Printing 1990. pp. 301. Book condition is AS NEW; book is tight and crisp; spine is smooth; wraps and manuscript pages are bright; no markings in text. English. read more
"Van Kirk is amazing at piecing together the snapshot life stories of native, European, and bicultural women from what are fragmentary records of the British fur trade ventures. The book is a satisfying social history too but somebody needs to mine this for film scripts!"
"Very similar to Strangers in Blood by Jennifer Brown. A great pair of books to read together. I've also read some articles by VanKirk that follow the same subject. A good researcher and easy to read."
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