Fur, Fortune, and Empire: The Epic History of the Fur Trade in America

From the best-selling author of Leviathan comes this sweeping narrative of one of America’s most historically rich industries.

Beginning his epic history in the early 1600s, Eric Jay Dolin traces the …

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