Ebook: The Voyageur

"Nute's best-selling book portrays the indefatigable French-Canadian canoe men, whose labors were vital to the fur trade and whose influence reaches us through the colorful songs, place names, customs, and legends they left behind. This definitive account was first published in 1931"--Amazon.com pub. desc.;I. Furs and fur traders [fur trade] -- II. Portraits of the voyageur -- III. The Voyageur's canoe -- IV. Voyaging -- V. Fort life -- VI. Voyageur songs -- VII. The Voyager as soldier -- VIII. The Voyageur as settler -- IX. The Voyageur as explorer.