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(More customer reviews)A noble book on a most influential figure of the fur trade era. Peter Skene Ogden did just about everything imaginable during this time period. In the year 1810, at the age of sixteen, he joined the North West Fur Company to travel and trap the vast Canadian wilderness. After the Hudson's Bay Fur Company bought out the North West Fur Company, he then worked for the HBC. In the 1820's he lead five trapping expeditions, called the Snake River Expeditions, into all parts of the Pacific Northwest in which he and his men (and families) faced incredible dangers and hardships of hunger, hostile Indians, mother nature, etc. Later, Ogden was sent further up the Pacific coastline towards Alaska to establish trading posts for the HBC. This unbelievable man had so many adventures, traveled so far and accomplished so much in his lifetime. It was a fascinating read and a wonderful book. I highly recommend it.
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Here is the first full-scale biography of Peter Skene Ogden -- trader, trapper, explorer, diplomat, and a Chief Factor of the Hudson's Boy Company at Fort Vancouver on the Columbia.This story takes place during the hectic days of the Oregon boundary settlement.Many photos.Bibliography.376 pages.
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