Hudson's Bay, or, Every-day life in the wilds of North America

By Robert Michael Ballantyne

Subjects: Vie des pionniers, Canada, Frontier and pioneer life, Commerce, Fourrures, Fur trade, Indians of North America, Hudson's Bay Company, Description and travel, Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson

Description: The author's first-hand account of the first 3 or 4 years of his career with the Hudson's Bay Company during the early part of the 1800's. Includes personal narratives of his day-to-day adventures, duties to "the Company", personal trials and tribulations in the far north country of Canada, trips and expeditions, and several accounts of his hunting and fishing excursions - all before the age of 18.