D'Arcy Jenish
Autor de Epic Wanderer: David Thompson and the Mapping of the Canadian West
Sobre El Autor
D'Arcy Jenish is the author of The Stanley Cup: 100 Years of Hockey at Its Best and The Montreal Canadiens: 100 Years of Glory, and co-editor of Canada on Ice: Fifty Years of Great Hockey. His other works of history include Epic Wanderer: David Thompson and the Mapping of the Canadian West and mostrar más Indian Fall: The Last Great Days of the Plains Cree and the Blackfoot Confederacy. mostrar menos
Créditos de la imagen: Maclean's
Obras de D'Arcy Jenish
The Making of the October Crisis: Canada's Long Nightmare of Terrorism at the Hands of the FLQ (2018) 14 copias
Trials and Triumphs 2 copias
The NHL A Centennial History 1 copia
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Epic Wanderer: David Thompson and the Mapping of the… por D'Arcy Jenish
Thompson's story makes this well worth reading, but the writing really leaves something to be desired.
For a book subtitled "David Thompson and the mapping of the Canadian West", the maps were terrible! Other than that, I enjoyed the book. I found it comprehensive, intriguing and well written. I liked the details about life in the fur trade and the portrayal of Aboriginal people. I think the book also showed the effectiveness of difference industrial models -- the colonialism of the Hudson's Bay Company vs the entrepreneurship of the Northwest traders. I would have liked to know so much more about Thompson's wife, Charlotte.… (más)
David Thompson makes Lewis and Clark appear like day hikers. A thoroughly engaging and comprehensive book on his exploits and explorations. Very well written as well. Only improvement could have been in the maps.
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