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The Wake

The Deadly Legacy of a Newfoundland Tsunami

by Linden MacIntrye ...

Narrated by Linden MacIntyre ...

Unabridged

10 hours 50 min

NATIONAL BESTSELLER“Fascinating, infuriating, eloquent and cautionary.” **—**PostmediaA Globe and Mail, CBC Books and Maclean’s Book of the YearIn the vein of Erik Larson’s Isaac’s Storm and Dead Wake comes an incredible true story of destruction and survival in Newfoundland by one of Canada’s best-known writersOn November 18, 1929, a tsunami struck Newfoundland’s Burin Peninsula. Giant waves up ... Read more

$12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

NATIONAL BESTSELLER“Fascinating, infuriating, eloquent and cautionary.” **—**PostmediaA Globe and Mail, CBC Books and Maclean’s Book of the YearIn the vein of Erik Larson’s Isaac’s Storm and Dead Wake comes an incredible true story of destruction and survival in Newfoundland by one of Canada’s best-known writersOn November 18, 1929, a tsunami struck Newfoundland’s Burin Peninsula. Giant waves up
... Read more
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The Company

The Rise and Fall of the Hudson’s Bay Empire

by Stephen R. Bown ...

Narrated by Traber Burns ...

Unabridged

16 hours 5 min

A thrilling new telling of the story of modern Canada’s originsThe story of the Hudson’s Bay Company, dramatic and adventurous and complex, is the story of modern Canada’s creation. And yet it hasn’t been told in a book for over thirty years and never in such depth and vivid detail as in Stephen R. Bown’s exciting new telling.The company started out small in 1670, trading practical manufactured ... Read more

$24.99 USD

A thrilling new telling of the story of modern Canada’s originsThe story of the Hudson’s Bay Company, dramatic and adventurous and complex, is the story of modern Canada’s creation. And yet it hasn’t been told in a book for over thirty years and never in such depth and vivid detail as in Stephen R. Bown’s exciting new telling.The company started out small in 1670, trading practical manufactured
... Read more
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A People's History of Quebec

by Jacques Lacoursière, Robin Philpot ...

Narrated by Matthew Josdal ...

Unabridged

6 hours 29 min

Revealing a little-known part of North American history, this lively guide tells the fascinating tale of the settlement of the St. Lawrence Valley. It also tells of the Montreal and Quebec-based explorers and traders who traveled, mapped, and inhabited a very large part of North America, and "embrothered the peoples" they met, as Jack Kerouac wrote. Connecting everyday life to the events that ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Revealing a little-known part of North American history, this lively guide tells the fascinating tale of the settlement of the St. Lawrence Valley. It also tells of the Montreal and Quebec-based explorers and traders who traveled, mapped, and inhabited a very large part of North America, and "embrothered the peoples" they met, as Jack Kerouac wrote. Connecting everyday life to the events that
... Read more
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Vanished Beyond the Map

The Mystery of Lost Explorer Hubert Darrell

by Adam Shoalts ...

Narrated by Adam Shoalts ...

Unabridged

7 hours 44 min

Canada’s greatest modern-day explorer sets out into the arctic wilderness to solve a mystery more than 100 years old.In November 1910, explorer Hubert Darrell vanished in the uncharted wilds of the Northwest Territories. A prospector who had been swept up in the Klondike Gold Rush, Darrell later made his name as an expert guide, trapper, and restless wanderer who ventured where few others dared. ... Read more

$27.99 USD

Canada’s greatest modern-day explorer sets out into the arctic wilderness to solve a mystery more than 100 years old.In November 1910, explorer Hubert Darrell vanished in the uncharted wilds of the Northwest Territories. A prospector who had been swept up in the Klondike Gold Rush, Darrell later made his name as an expert guide, trapper, and restless wanderer who ventured where few others dared.
... Read more
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The Toronto Book of the Dead

by Adam Bunch ...

Narrated by Adam Bunch ...

Unabridged

12 hours 10 min

Exploring Toronto’s history through the stories of its most fascinating and shadowy deaths.If these streets could talk…With morbid tales of war and plague, duels and executions, suicides and séances, Toronto’s past is filled with stories whose endings were anything but peaceful. The Toronto Book of the Dead delves into these: from ancient First Nations burial mounds to the grisly murder of Toronto ... Read more

$29.99 USD

Exploring Toronto’s history through the stories of its most fascinating and shadowy deaths.If these streets could talk…With morbid tales of war and plague, duels and executions, suicides and séances, Toronto’s past is filled with stories whose endings were anything but peaceful. The Toronto Book of the Dead delves into these: from ancient First Nations burial mounds to the grisly murder of Toronto
... Read more
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Survival Is Not Assured

The Life of Climber Jim Donini

by Geoff Powter ...

Narrated by Brian Wiggins ...

Unabridged

9 hours 27 min

Jim Donini has been an icon of American climbing for the past fifty years, pushing the boundaries of alpine ascents around the world, and inspiring generations with his achievements. In Survival Is Not Assured, award-winning author Geoff Powter dives into Donini's remarkable life story, exploring his groundbreaking climbs and his tumultuous experiences both on and off the rock. From the tragic ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Jim Donini has been an icon of American climbing for the past fifty years, pushing the boundaries of alpine ascents around the world, and inspiring generations with his achievements. In Survival Is Not Assured, award-winning author Geoff Powter dives into Donini's remarkable life story, exploring his groundbreaking climbs and his tumultuous experiences both on and off the rock. From the tragic
... Read more
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Inventing Niagara

Beauty, Power, and Lies

by Ginger Strand ...

Narrated by Karen White ...

Unabridged

13 hours 11 min

Americans call Niagara Falls a natural wonder, but the falls aren't very natural anymore. In fact, they are a study in artifice. Water diverted, riverbed reshaped, brink stabilized, and landscape redesigned, the falls are more a monument to man's meddling than to nature's strength. Held up as an example of something real, they are hemmed in with fakery—waxworks, haunted houses, IMAX films, and ... Read more

$21.99 USD

Americans call Niagara Falls a natural wonder, but the falls aren't very natural anymore. In fact, they are a study in artifice. Water diverted, riverbed reshaped, brink stabilized, and landscape redesigned, the falls are more a monument to man's meddling than to nature's strength. Held up as an example of something real, they are hemmed in with fakery—waxworks, haunted houses, IMAX films, and
... Read more
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Niagara

Daredevils, Danger & Extraordinary Stories

by Andrew Hind, Maria Da Silva ...

Narrated by Janice Ryan ...

Unabridged

6 hours 46 min

Niagara is rich with fascinating stories, from daredevils to heroics.From the horrors during the War of 1812, to murder, to technological innovation and the birth of the modern tourist industry, Niagara has seen it all:In 1901, Annie Taylor was the first person to go over the falls in a barrel…and survive.It is said that the former Houdini Hall of Fame was cursed by the dead escape artist himself, ... Read more

$18.99 USD

Niagara is rich with fascinating stories, from daredevils to heroics.From the horrors during the War of 1812, to murder, to technological innovation and the birth of the modern tourist industry, Niagara has seen it all:In 1901, Annie Taylor was the first person to go over the falls in a barrel…and survive.It is said that the former Houdini Hall of Fame was cursed by the dead escape artist himself,
... Read more
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Lethbridge

by Terry McConnell ...

Narrated by Charles Robert Fox ...

Unabridged

4 hours 59 min

A love story set against the backdrop of the First World War, the events in Lethbridge unfold in disparate locales, from London to Boston, from Maine to Niagara Falls, from the trenches of wartime France to the military hospitals of England. Yet the lives of its three protagonists come together in one place: the frontier western Canadian city of Lethbridge, Alberta.Inspired by a true story, ... Read more

$8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

A love story set against the backdrop of the First World War, the events in Lethbridge unfold in disparate locales, from London to Boston, from Maine to Niagara Falls, from the trenches of wartime France to the military hospitals of England. Yet the lives of its three protagonists come together in one place: the frontier western Canadian city of Lethbridge, Alberta.Inspired by a true story,
... Read more
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Great Chiefs

Volume I

by Tony Hollihan ...

Narrated by Dana Negrey ...

Unabridged

9 hours 59 min

A tribute to the courageous chiefs and warriors who fought to protect their people and preserve the Native way of life in the face of European expansion across North America:Sequoyah, a Cherokee who invented a system of writing for his peopleitting Bull, the powerful warrior and spiritual leader of the Lakota Sioux who doggedly fought white incursions on Sioux landChief Joseph, who led the Nez ... Read more

$10.99 USD

A tribute to the courageous chiefs and warriors who fought to protect their people and preserve the Native way of life in the face of European expansion across North America:Sequoyah, a Cherokee who invented a system of writing for his peopleitting Bull, the powerful warrior and spiritual leader of the Lakota Sioux who doggedly fought white incursions on Sioux landChief Joseph, who led the Nez
... Read more
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Know It All

Finding the Impossible Country

by James H. Marsh ...

Narrated by James H. Marsh ...

Unabridged

11 hours 36 min

In Know It All: Finding the Impossible Country James Marsh tells of his evolution from a troubled childhood to a long career in Canadian publishing that culminated in the creation of The Canadian Encyclopedia — what one reviewer called “the intellectual equivalent of the building of the CPR.” Through friendships, curiosity, the insights of a charismatic psychiatrist, his passion for books, and the ... Read more

$29.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

In Know It All: Finding the Impossible Country James Marsh tells of his evolution from a troubled childhood to a long career in Canadian publishing that culminated in the creation of The Canadian Encyclopedia — what one reviewer called “the intellectual equivalent of the building of the CPR.” Through friendships, curiosity, the insights of a charismatic psychiatrist, his passion for books, and the
... Read more
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Voices from Hudson Bay

Cree Stories from York Factory, Second Edition

Narrated by Michaela Washburn ...

Unabridged

3 hours 23 min

In Voices from Hudson Bay Cree elders recall the daily lives and experiences of the men and women who lived and worked at the Hudson’s Bay Company post at York Factory in Manitoba. Their stories, their memories of family, community, and daily life, define their past and provide insights into a way of life that has largely disappeared in northern Canada. The era the elders describe, from the end of ... Read more

$28.99 USD

In Voices from Hudson Bay Cree elders recall the daily lives and experiences of the men and women who lived and worked at the Hudson’s Bay Company post at York Factory in Manitoba. Their stories, their memories of family, community, and daily life, define their past and provide insights into a way of life that has largely disappeared in northern Canada. The era the elders describe, from the end of
... Read more
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Them Days 3.4

Stories from throughout the Big Land

by Doris Saunders, John Earle, Arthur Ryland, Ellis Barney, Larry Epp, Alice Perrault, Caroline Jacque, Susan Pottle, Rosina Kalleo, James Burdett, Dorothy Goudie, Rupert McNeil, Clarice Hopkins, Eben Butt, Jack Keefe, Wallace McLean, Martin Martin, Judith Solomon, Sarah Holwell, Thorwald Perrault, Harry Paddon ...

Narrated by Aimee Chaulk, Patty Way, Jaime Brown, Ida Suarak, Morgan Mills, Jillian Larkham, Selma Suarak, Margaret Beyere, Margaret Goudie Parsons, George Way, Joan Dicker ...

Unabridged

2 hours 2 min

Stories from fishing on the Labrador coast to the fire in Nain in 1921, enjoy tales from a bygone era in Labrador. ... Read more

$6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Stories from fishing on the Labrador coast to the fire in Nain in 1921, enjoy tales from a bygone era in Labrador.
... Read more
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Valley of the Birdtail

An Indian Reserve, a White Town, and the Road to Reconciliation

by Douglas Sanderson, Andrew Stobo Sniderman ...

Narrated by Greg Rogers ...

Unabridged

10 hours

THE NATIONAL BESTSELLERWinner – 2023 Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book PrizeWinner – 2023 John W. Dafoe Book PrizeWinner – 2023 High Plains Book Award for Indigenous WriterWinner – 2022 Manitoba Historical Society Margaret McWilliams Book Award for Local HistoryFinalist – 2023 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer PrizeFinalist – Wr... ... Read more

$28.99 USD

THE NATIONAL BESTSELLERWinner – 2023 Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book PrizeWinner – 2023 John W. Dafoe Book PrizeWinner – 2023 High Plains Book Award for Indigenous WriterWinner – 2022 Manitoba Historical Society Margaret McWilliams Book Award for Local HistoryFinalist – 2023 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer PrizeFinalist – Wr...
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No Memory for Murder

The Incredible Story of a Sadistic Murder in Halifax's Point Pleasant Park

by Blain Henshaw ...

Narrated by Kevin T. Collins ...

Unabridged

7 hours 18 min

A spellbinding story of murder in a popular Halifax park, high courtroom drama, and hints of demonic possession and satanic worship.In 1975, Jimmy Odo was charged with the murder of fourteen–year–old Tony Cluett, who was found strung up crucifixion–style in Halifax’s Point Pleasant Park. Six years later, he was charged with bludgeoning to death Darlene Davidson, his former girlfriend’s five–year ... Read more

$20.99 USD

A spellbinding story of murder in a popular Halifax park, high courtroom drama, and hints of demonic possession and satanic worship.In 1975, Jimmy Odo was charged with the murder of fourteen–year–old Tony Cluett, who was found strung up crucifixion–style in Halifax’s Point Pleasant Park. Six years later, he was charged with bludgeoning to death Darlene Davidson, his former girlfriend’s five–year
... Read more
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Reading the Bible on Turtle Island

An Invitation to North American Indigenous Interpretation

by H. Daniel Zacharias, T. Christopher Hoklotubbe ...

Narrated by H. Daniel Zacharias, T. Christopher Hoklotubbe, Shari Russell ...

Unabridged

9 hours 57 min

In Reading the Bible on Turtle Island, Indigenous scholars Chris Hoklotubbe and Danny Zacharias explore what it means to read the Bible from the lens of Indigenous peoples in North America. Exploring the intersection of Scripture, Cultural Traditions, Hearts and Minds, and Creation, they affirm Creator's presence with Indigenous people since the beginning. By recovering these rich histories, this ... Read more

$20.99 USD

In Reading the Bible on Turtle Island, Indigenous scholars Chris Hoklotubbe and Danny Zacharias explore what it means to read the Bible from the lens of Indigenous peoples in North America. Exploring the intersection of Scripture, Cultural Traditions, Hearts and Minds, and Creation, they affirm Creator's presence with Indigenous people since the beginning. By recovering these rich histories, this
... Read more
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Gold

How Gretzky's Men Ended Canada's 50-Year Olympic Hockey Drought

by Tim Wharnsby ...

Narrated by Barry Abrams ...

Unabridged

6 hours 42 min

"Now after fifty years, it's time for Canada to stand up and cheer. Stand up and cheer everybody! The Olympics Salt Lake City, 2002, men's ice hockey gold medal: Canada!" —Bob Cole, CBC play-by-play broadcasterThere was no iconic Paul Henderson moment, nor a Sidney Crosby golden goal, but Canada's 5-2 victory against the rival United States in the men's 2002 Olympic gold medal game wiped out fifty ... Read more

$19.99 USD

"Now after fifty years, it's time for Canada to stand up and cheer. Stand up and cheer everybody! The Olympics Salt Lake City, 2002, men's ice hockey gold medal: Canada!" —Bob Cole, CBC play-by-play broadcasterThere was no iconic Paul Henderson moment, nor a Sidney Crosby golden goal, but Canada's 5-2 victory against the rival United States in the men's 2002 Olympic gold medal game wiped out fifty
... Read more
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Blood in the Water

A True Story of Small-Town Revenge

by Silver Donald Cameron ...

Narrated by David Ferry ...

Unabridged

7 hours 57 min

**“Fascinating! [A] must-read for all concerned about how humans manage to live together. Or not.” —Margaret Atwood**“Superb... an instant true crime classic.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)A masterfully told true story, perfect for fans of Say Nothing and Furious Hours: a brutal murder in a small Nova Scotia fishing community raises urgent questions of right and wrong, and even the very ... Read more

$22.99 USD

**“Fascinating! [A] must-read for all concerned about how humans manage to live together. Or not.” —Margaret Atwood**“Superb... an instant true crime classic.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)A masterfully told true story, perfect for fans of Say Nothing and Furious Hours: a brutal murder in a small Nova Scotia fishing community raises urgent questions of right and wrong, and even the very
... Read more
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Last Man Out

The Story of the Springhill Mine Disaster

by Melissa Fay Greene ...

Narrated by Henry Strozier ...

Unabridged

10 hours 11 min

One evening in late October 1958, the deepest coal mine in North America "bumped"-its rock floors heaved up and smashed into rock ceilings. Most of the men on the shift perished. But nineteen men were trapped alive a mile below the earth's surface, struggling to survive without food, water, light, or fresh air. Almost a week passed without rescue. Hopes of finding life dwindled; then a miracle ... Read more

$20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

One evening in late October 1958, the deepest coal mine in North America "bumped"-its rock floors heaved up and smashed into rock ceilings. Most of the men on the shift perished. But nineteen men were trapped alive a mile below the earth's surface, struggling to survive without food, water, light, or fresh air. Almost a week passed without rescue. Hopes of finding life dwindled; then a miracle
... Read more
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Sorry, We're Funny

How Canada Became a Comedy Powerhouse

by Kliph Nesteroff ...

Unabridged

The definitive history of the world's most polite revolution: How Canadian comics took over the comedy world."Canada is chock-full of broadcasting talent but hasn't a comedian worth his salt." So said the first Canadian Radio Commissioner echoing a near universal sentiment throughout most of the twentieth century: Canadians simply weren't that funny. They were too deferential, too serious, too ... Read more

$30.00 USD

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The definitive history of the world's most polite revolution: How Canadian comics took over the comedy world."Canada is chock-full of broadcasting talent but hasn't a comedian worth his salt." So said the first Canadian Radio Commissioner echoing a near universal sentiment throughout most of the twentieth century: Canadians simply weren't that funny. They were too deferential, too serious, too
... Read more
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History of Quebec City: 400 Years on the Cliffs of the St. Lawrence

by Edward Halberg ...

Narrated by Edward Halberg ...

Unabridged

1 hour 53 min

Discover an immersive urban history of cultural survival and colonial warfare along an unforgiving North American river. Whether you are prepping for a heritage trip or seeking atmospheric armchair travel during your commute, this chronological journey brings four centuries of dramatic evolution to life.From a fragile French outpost to a heavily fortified capital, listen as a defiant metropolis ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Discover an immersive urban history of cultural survival and colonial warfare along an unforgiving North American river. Whether you are prepping for a heritage trip or seeking atmospheric armchair travel during your commute, this chronological journey brings four centuries of dramatic evolution to life.From a fragile French outpost to a heavily fortified capital, listen as a defiant metropolis
... Read more
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The Laws and the Land

by Dr. Daniel Rück ...

Narrated by Kaniehti:io Horn ...

Unabridged

10 hours 48 min

As the settler state of Canada expanded into Indigenous lands, settlers dispossessed Indigenous people and undermined their sovereignty as nations. One site of invasion was Kahnawà:ke, a Kanien’kehá:ka community and part of the Rotinonhsiónni confederacy. The Laws and the Land delineates the establishment of a settler colonial relationship from early contact ways of sharing land; land practices ... Read more

$1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

As the settler state of Canada expanded into Indigenous lands, settlers dispossessed Indigenous people and undermined their sovereignty as nations. One site of invasion was Kahnawà:ke, a Kanien’kehá:ka community and part of the Rotinonhsiónni confederacy. The Laws and the Land delineates the establishment of a settler colonial relationship from early contact ways of sharing land; land practices
... Read more
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Them Days 7.2

Toys, Games, and Amusements

by Jean Martin, Leo O'Brien, Albert Ryland, George Cartwright, Jill Saunders, Joe Palliser, Pat O'Brien, Victor Fowler, Joe Ford, Margaret Baikie, Flora Baikie, Harvey Mesher, Thomas O. Pardy, Mary Jacque, Joanne Martin, Caroline Jacque, Garmel Rich, Lillian Broomfield, Franz Boas, Eliis Barney, Elsie Blake, Hilda Decker, Alfreda Blake, Maria Ryland, Olive Marshall, Cynthia Cooke, Edna Campbell, Chelsey Lethbridge, Robert H. Davis, Doris Saunders, Julianna Winters, Sam Webb, Greta Davis, Edna Edmunds, Margaret Davis, Rosie Ford, John Edmunds, Stewart Ryland, James Linstead, Emily Clark, E. W. Hawkes, Judy McGrath, Curtis Oliver, Gus Flowers, Duncan Strong, Frank G. Speck, John Michelin, Clara Voisey, Bella Lyall, Bessie Flynn, Francis Hall, Lucien M. Turner, Jim Saunders, Jim Voisey, Ellen Lyall, Tommy Davis ...

Narrated by Aimee Chaulk, Patty Way, Ida Suarak, George Way, Clarice Blake-Rudkowski, Morgen Mills, Beatrix Mills ...

Unabridged

2 hours 22 min

This special edition of Them Days Magazine from 1982 is all about toys, games, amusements and pastimes. Dive into dozens of short stories about dolls, balls, and boats; learn how to slide on seal skins; listen to memories of specialty holiday games and so much more! ... Read more

$6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This special edition of Them Days Magazine from 1982 is all about toys, games, amusements and pastimes. Dive into dozens of short stories about dolls, balls, and boats; learn how to slide on seal skins; listen to memories of specialty holiday games and so much more!
... Read more
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Alexander Henry's Travels and Adventures in the years 1760-1776

by Alexander Henry ...

Narrated by Nick Adams ...

Unabridged

6 hours 51 min

Alexander Henry is one of the giants of the eighteenth century Fur Trade in the Great Lakes region and his journal has been reprinted many times since it was first published in 1809. With the defeat of the French in Canada in 1760, the interior of the continent was suddenly accessible to English traders. Henry set out for the west with goods for the Indian trade, into a land where the First ... Read more

$14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Alexander Henry is one of the giants of the eighteenth century Fur Trade in the Great Lakes region and his journal has been reprinted many times since it was first published in 1809. With the defeat of the French in Canada in 1760, the interior of the continent was suddenly accessible to English traders. Henry set out for the west with goods for the Indian trade, into a land where the First
... Read more

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