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The Nor'Westers: The Fight for the Fur Trade

by Marjorie Wilkins Campbell

Series:Great Stories of Canada (4)

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Describes the fur trade in Northwest Canada from 1779 to 1821, and focuses on hardships and near-starvation in the wilderness as well as its explorers.

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Marjorie Wilkins Campbell

12 Works 149 Members

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Awards

Governor General's Literary Award (Winner – Children's Literature – 1954)

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Great Stories of Canada

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Genres: Nonfiction, Tween
DDC/MDS: 971.2 — History & geography History of North America Canada Prairie Provinces, Western Canada
LCC: F1060.7 .C19 — Local History of the United States, Canada and Latin America Canada Canadian Northwest. Northwest Territories
BISAC: HIS HISTORY Canada General

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Languages: English
Media: Paper
ISBNs: 3
ASINs: 2

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Published: 1974
Genres: Nonfiction, Tween
DDC/MDS: 971.2
LCC: F1060.7 .C19

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Marjorie Wilkins Campbell

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