Description
| Product ID: | 9781772125986 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Fur Trader |
| Subtitle: | From Oslo to Oxford House |
| Authors: | Author: Einar Odd, Sr. Mortensen, Ingrid Urberg, Daniel Sims |
| Page Count: | 224 |
| Subjects: | Indigenous peoples, Indigenous peoples, Manitoba |
| Description: | A critical edition of a Norwegian free trader’s account of the fur trade in Manitoba. The Fur Trader is a critical edition of Einar Odd Mortensen Sr.’s personal narrative detailing the years (1925–1928) he spent as a free trader at posts in Pine Bluff and Oxford Lake in Manitoba during the waning days of the fur trade. Mortensen’s original narrative has been translated from Norwegian to English, and supplemented with a scholarly introduction, thorough annotations, a bibliography, and a reading guide. This additional material presents the author as a product of Norwegian culture at the time, and guides the reader through a close reading of Mortensen’s interpretations of his work and travels, the people he encountered, the Indian Residential School system, and Indigenous participation in the First World War. Mortensen’s insights and experiences will be of interest to scholars, students, and enthusiasts of the fur trade and contribute to literary, Indigenous, and Scandinavian studies. |
| Imprint Name: | University of Alberta Press |
| Publisher Name: | University of Alberta Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-08-12 |
