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The Seven Oaks reader

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  • Author: Devine, Heather; Kostash, Myrna
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    2016
    Summary:

    Myrna Kostash's follow up to The Frog Lake Reader is an engaging and exciting overview of the rivalry between fur trading companies in Nineteenth Century Canada.

    Contents:
    • Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Cast of Characters; One. In the Beginning; The Fur Trade Wars; Métis; Lord Selkirk and His Settlement; Two. Colony 1811â#x88;#x92;12; Selkirkâ#x80;#x99;s Plans Go Ahead; Preparations to Leave Scotland; Winter On the Bay 1811â#x88;#x92;1812; They Walk to the Forks July 1812; They Reach the Forks; Wintering Over 1812â#x88;#x92;1813; Three. The Colony In Crisis 1813â#x88;#x92;15; Third Sailing; At the Settlement; Proclamation; Pemmican War; Skirmishes; Four. First Destruction of the Colony; The Campaign Intensifies; Colony Under Attack. Colony DestroyedLose the Battle, Win the War; Overview 1815; Five. Colony Winter/Spring 1815â#x88;#x92;16; Elusive Peace; Lord Selkirkâ#x80;#x99;s Defense; A Troubled Spring; Attacks and Counterattacks; Showdown At Red River; Six. The Battle of Seven Oaks; Métis On the Move; Governor Semple Musters His Men; The Battle of Seven Oaks; Who Fired the First Shot?; Meanwhile, Back At the Fort; Fixing Blame; The Ballad of Pierre Falcon; Seven. Aftermath; Lord Selkirk Strikes Back; A War of Words; The Selkirk Colony Rebuilds, Again; Missionaries At the Forks; The Coltman Commission; The Coltman Report. In the CourtsDenouement; Finale; Eight. The Historians; Summing Up; Nine. Legacies; Settlers; Métis Nation; Epilogue; Chronology; Biographies of Cited Writers; Works Cited; Further Reading; Permissions; Image Credits; Index.
    Genre:
    Canadian nonfiction, History and geography
    Subject(s): Fur trade
    Original Publisher: Edmonton, Alberta, NeWest Press
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781926455549, 1926455541