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1	When Hope Springs New more books like this by Janette Oke add to wishlist Leaving behind their dear friends in Beaver Creek, Elizabeth and Wynn take over an even more primitive RCMP outpost in the Canadian Northwest. Elizabeth finds herself totally isolated when the local Indian women are afraid to even communicate with her. The Delaney's thought they had already faced the most crushing disappointment of their lives ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Many Tender Ties: Women in Fur-Trade Society, 1670-1870 more books like this by Sylvia Van Kirk, PH.D. add to wishlist 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 ... see all copies from $2.00! new only from $18.07! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Forgotten War more books like this by Stan B Cohen add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.94! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	The Beaver Men: Spearheads of Empire more books like this by Mari Sandoz add to wishlist Covering more than two centuries, "The Beaver Men" ranges from the beginning of the beaver trade along the St. Lawrence to the last great rendezvous of traders and trappers on Ham's Fork, in what is now Wyoming, in 1834. 'This book is not so much an historical study as a careful and intelligently drawn portrait of a world...that of the Great ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Adventures on the Columbia River more books like this by Ross Cox add to wishlist Ross Cox was a fur trader for the Pacific Fur Company. In 1811 he sailed form New York, around the Horn, to Hawaii, and on to the Columbia River, exploring inland to Montana along the Clark Fork and Flathead Rivers. For six years he lived on the frontier--and beyond--in a violent world of white and red men, bears and wolves, frostbite, and ... see all copies from $2.24! new only from $20.93! \| first editions
6	The Great North Trail : America's route of the ages more books like this by Dan Cushman add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $30.33! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Forgotten Places in the North: York Factory, Herschel Island, the Dew Line more books like this by S R Gage add to wishlist see all copies from $9.95! new only from $99.00! \| first editions
8	The Klondike Gold Rush: Photographs from 1896-1899 more books like this by Clelie Rich (Editor), Graham Wilson add to wishlist These 125 historic photographs document the reality of the Klondike Gold Rush and tell the day-to-day struggle of the ordinary stampeder. see all copies from $3.00! new only from $23.00!
9	Runes of the North. more books like this by Sigurd F. Olson add to wishlist In Runes of the North Sigurd Olson explores his feelings about the haunting appeal of the wilderness. He recounts how the legends of the northern vastness of Canada and Alaska have influenced him. In the introduction, Olson writes, "My runes have come from the wilderness, for in its solitude, silence, and freedom .... I know there are moments of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Hidden Pacific Northwest: Including Oregon, Washington, Vancouver, Victoria, and Coastal British Columbia more books like this by Eric Lucas add to wishlist Including Oregon, Washington, Vancouver, Victoria and Costal British Columbia; While Seattle may be leading the growth in this red-hot region, there are still many unspoiled getaways to be found in the Pacific Northwest. This guide balances coverage of vintage favourites with new hot spots. Then it takes you one step further by adding extensive ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
11	Honourable Company more books like this by Douglas MacKay add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
12	Prisoners of the North more books like this by Pierre Berton add to wishlist Pierre BertonCanada's most celebrated historianhas earned more than thirty literary awards for his distinguished body of work, and in Prisoners of the North he offers the reader a multitude of magnificent exploits and dazzling personalities. Witness John Hornby risks death as if for amusement as he pursues his obsessive quest for adventure in the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.99! \| first editions
13	Company of Adventurers: 2the Story of the Hudson's Bay Company more books like this by Peter C Newman add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14	First Across the Continent: Sir Alexander MacKenzie more books like this by Barry Gough add to wishlist Seeking the Northwest Passage and the fabled link to Russia, Japan, and Cathay, Alexander Mackenzie drove himself and his men relentlessly, by canoe and portage, across the uncharted rivers, valleys, and mountains of North America. Mackenzie's 1789 journey to the Arctic Ocean and his arduous journey to the Pacific in 1793 predate the Lewis and ... see all copies from $4.25! new only from $6.00! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Columbia Journals more books like this by David Thompson add to wishlist David Thompson (1770-1857) is considered by many to have been the most important surveyor of North America. His achievements - mapping the Saskatchewan River, the great bend of the Missouri River, the Great Lakes and the headwaters of the Mississippi as well as the Columbia watershed - are the stuff of legend. Late in life Thompson wrote a ... see all copies from $3.42! new only from $14.95! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The barren ground of northern Canada more books like this by Warburton Pike add to wishlist Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III We held a big council as to ways and means, and, after much discussion, finally came to the decision that our best chance was to leave the main body of ... see all copies from $17.81! new only from $17.81! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Milepost more books like this by Morris Communication Corp (Creator) add to wishlist see all copies from $2.94! new only from $9.29! \| SVS
18 view cover	Out There more books like this by Ted Kerasote add to wishlist In today's high-tech world, getting away from the stresses of everyday life can be tricky. Cell phones, palm pilots, and laptop computers allow you to be wired-in from pretty much anywhere. But Ted Kerasote wanted none of that. He wanted a chance to disconnect from the buzz and grind of the wired world. And what better way to do that than to head ... see all copies from $11.56! new only from $17.34!
19 view cover	Ancient Mariner: The Arctic Adventures of Samuel Hearne, the Sailor Who Inspired Coleridge's Masterpiece more books like this by Ken McGoogan add to wishlist In his later years, Samuel Hearne (who died in 1792) met Samuel Taylor Coleridge and recounted the adventures that Coleridge would use as the basis for "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." Those adventures began when he was a 12-year-old midshipman in the British navy, fighting against France. As his career progressed, he worked for the Hudson's Bay ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.36! \| first editions
20	Caesars of the wilderness more books like this by Peter C Newman add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
21	The Alaska Highway in World War II: The U.S. Army of Occupation in Canada's Northwest more books like this by Kenneth Coates, W R Morrison add to wishlist see all copies from $3.71! new only from $39.95! \| first editions
22 view cover	The Honor of the Big Snows more books like this by James Oliver Curwood add to wishlist James Oliver Curwood, (1878-1927), was an American novelist and conservationist. He left high school without graduating but was able to pass the entrance exams to the University of Michigan where he studied journalism. In 1900, he sold his first story while working for the Detroit News-Tribune. By 1909 he had saved enough money to travel to the ... see all copies from $2.14! new only from $8.81! \| first editions \| SVS
23	Tundra more books like this by Farley Mowat add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
24	Tundra : selections from the great accounts of Arctic land voyages, with ill. and maps more books like this by Farley Mowat (Compiled by) add to wishlist see all copies from $2.11! first editions
25	Merchant Princes more books like this by Peter C. Newman add to wishlist This book draws the author's "Hudson's Bay" saga to its conclusion. Here, the great fur-trading enterprise expands from its original western Canadian base to "conquer" the Arctic, leaving its influence on Inuit culture and lifestyle. How different would Canada's northern territories be now, had there been no Hudson's Bay Company to transform them ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.00! \| signed copies \| first editions

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