xvii, 442 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents:
pt. 1. Furs settle the New World "As fine a river as can be found" The precious beaver New Amsterdam rising "The Bible and the beaver" pt. 2. Clash of empires Competition, conflict, and chicanery "Many hounds are the hare's death" Adieu to the French Americans oust the British pt. 3. America heads West "A perfect golden round of profits" Up the Missouri Astoria Mountain men Taos trappers and Astor's empire Fall of the beaver The last robe Epilogue: End of an era
