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The Columbia River, Or, Scenes And Adventures During A Residence Of Six Years On The Western Side Of The Rocky Mountains Among Various Tribes Of India

The Columbia River, Or, Scenes And Adventures During A Residence Of Six Years On The Western Side Of The Rocky Mountains Among Various Tribes Of India

Cox, Ross

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Central AmericaGeneral United States HistoryIndigenous Art of the Americas

ISBN10: 9354508766
ISBN13: 9789354508769
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 6 2021
Pages: 358
Weight: 1.16
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Before the maps were finished, men followed the water west. The river makes its law. In The Columbia River, Ross Cox records an unabridged travel memoir of six hard-won years on the far side of the Rocky Mountains, written with the immediacy of someone who traded, travelled, and survived at the edge of empire. Part frontier exploration narrative, part classic adventure travelogue, Cox traces a rugged rocky mountains crossing and the realities of columbia river exploration in the early nineteenth century. From portages and canoes to isolated posts, he charts weather, hunger, and the fragile economics of the wilderness, capturing how communities formed and fractured around rivers, pelts, and rumour. His eye is practical, but the landscape keeps its wonder. He observes the mechanisms and moral pressures of fur trade history, the reach of the Hudson Bay Company, and the daily negotiations with native american tribes newly encountered by many readers of his day. Read alongside the lewis and clark journals, this is a bracing counterpoint: less official, more lived, and rich in detail for anyone drawn to pacific northwest history and 19th century oregon. As a primary source edition, this volume rewards the casual armchair traveller with pace and peril, while offering classic-literature collectors a landmark testimony from a formative moment in North American history. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today -- a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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