A sweeping history of the American fur trade, exploring its role in shaping a nation through greed, violence, and geopolitics.
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A sweeping history of the American fur trade, exploring its role in shaping a nation through greed, violence, and geopolitics.
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In Fur, Fortune, and Empire, best-selling author Eric Jay Dolin chronicles the rise and fall of the fur trade of old, when the rallying cry was "get the furs while they last." Beavers, sea otters, and buffalos were slaughtered, used for their precious pelts that were tailored into extravagant hats, coats, and sleigh blankets. To read Fur, Fortune, and Empire then is to understand how North America was explored, exploited, and settled, while its native Indians were alternately enriched and exploi...
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Violence & gore
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Frequent violence including slaughter of animals and violent confrontations.
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Strong focus on geopolitical conflicts and economic exploitation in history.
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Depictions of animal cruelty and exploitation of Native peoples.
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