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Title: Sources of the River, 2nd Edition
Condition: New
Subtitle: Tracking David Thompson Across North America
Author: Jack Nisbet
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 1570615225
EAN: 9781570615221
ISBN: 9781570615221
Publisher: Sasquatch Books
Genre: Science Nature & Math
Release Date: 10/04/2007
Description: The awe-inspiring story of explorer David Thompson, whose expeditions helped shape western North America

In this true story of adventure, author Jack Nisbet re-creates the life and times of David Thompson—fur trader, explorer, surveyor, and mapmaker. From 1784 to 1812, Thompson explored western North America, and his field journals provide the earliest written accounts of the natural history and indigenous cultures of the what is now British Columbia, Alberta, Montana, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon. Thompson was the first person to chart the entire route of the Columbia river, and his wilderness expeditions have become the stuff of legend. 

Jack Nisbet tracks the explorer across the content, interweaving his own observations with Thompson’s historical writings. The result is a fascinating story of two men discovering the Northwest territory almost two hundred years apart.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 215mm
Item Length: 141mm
Item Width: 16mm
Item Weight: 391g
Release Year: 2007

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