Northern trader : the last days of the fur trade

Kemp, H. S. M. (Harold Stuart Miller) 1892-1982 (author.).

Summary: "Relive the romance of the fur trade. With previously unpublished photographs, this new edition of Northern Trader is a vivid personal memoir and valuable primary account of the last days of the fur trade. Harold Kemp recounts the routines and rhythms of that long-lost way of life and paints a portrait of the north as a "vast region of infinite allure." In palpable, often gripping prose, Kemp depicts life on the trail in all seasons: paddling and portaging freight canoes, using muzzle-loaders, running on snowshoes to break trails for dogs pulling toboggans, and making camp at the end of an exhausting day. A gifted writer, Kemp creates distinctive portraits of those he encounters, including the Cree people among whom he lived, whose language he spoke, whose skills he admired, and whose customs he respected." --

Record details

ISBN: 9780889773165
Physical Description: xv, 252 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
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Edition: New edition.
Publisher: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada : University of Regina Press, [2014]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Reprint of: Northern trader / H.S.M. Kemp. -- Toronto : Ryerson Press, ©1956.
Formatted Contents Note:	1. "Freeze-up Travel," 1911 -- 2. Hudson's Bay Company; The Treaty Party, 1911; John H. Reid -- 3. Crees and Chipewyans; Northern Missionaries; Andree's Balloon; York Boat Travel -- 4. Revillon Freres; Cumberland House; The "Indian" Life; Lac la Ronge; Epidemic -- 5. North with the Family; Of Eggs and Oranges; Ile a la Crosse -- 6. Red Earth Post; A Primitive People; Birch Bark Canoes; A Double Wedding -- 7. Of Muzzle-loaders; The Cree Calendar; A Birth in the Family; A Brush with the Law -- 8. Logjam; Indian Honesty; Farewell to Red Earth -- 9. Muskeg Travel; River Travel; Stanley Post; The Organist -- 10. Ancient Church; Of Fish and Foxes; The "Haggling" Indian; Kitimakis; Winter Trading -- 11. Six "Average" Dogs; Of "Balls of Fire" and Weetigoes; White and Indian "Ethics" -- 12. Summer Returns; Village Life; Elsie and her Patients -- 13. Dangers of the Trail; Of Phobias and Strange Beliefs -- 14. Holiday and Return; A New Look for an Old Church -- 15. Education, Devotion, and Veneration; Joe Visintin and R. D. Brooks -- 16. Winter Diversions; Timber Wolves and a Mad Dog; Autumn Fishing -- 17. We Leave the North; Montreal Lake Again; The Waskesiu River -- 18. 1947; We Revisit Old Scenes; And Meet Old Friends -- 19. "Civilization" reaches the North; L'Envoi.
Additional Physical Form available Note:	Issued also in electronic format.