The fur trader and the Indian / Lewis O. Saum
1965, First Edition. Seattle : University of Washington Press. Very good cloth library copy in a very good if slightly edgeworn and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Edges lightly foxed; rear endpaper faintly stiffened and rippled as with damp. Minor library marks remain to dust-wrapper spine and internally. A well-preserved copy overall. Item #452516
Physical description; 324 pages ; 24 cm. Contents; PART 1: THE TRADER AND THE INDIAN -- The fur trader as the depictor of savagery -- Objective appraisals -- Subjective appraisals -- The Frenchman, the Englishman, and the Indian -- PART 2: THE INDIAN -- The noble savage -- Physical characteristics -- The force of self-interest -- A lack of principles -- A dignified bearing -- PART 3: THE INDIAN AND CIVILIZATION -- Virtues, vices, and destruction -- An uncertain destiny. Subjects; Indians of North America. Fur trade -- North America. Frontier and pioneer life -- North America.
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