The Elusive Mr. Pond : The Soldier, Fur Trader and Explorer Who Opened the Northwest Ray Wiss It won't fit in our

It won't fit in our compact little book­ shelf in our galley

but instead they plunge deeper into it

this brilliant novel tells an incredible story of those who were ruled by the often brutalizing fur trade

Working in an eclectic and sometimes controversial blend of modernist styles

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The Elusive Mr. Pond : The Soldier, Fur Trader and Explorer Who Opened the Northwest Ray Wiss It won't fit in ourDescription Sir Alexander Mackenzie is known to schoolchildren as a great Canadian explorer who gave his name to the country's longest river, but hardly anyone could name the man who mentored Mackenzie and mapped much of northwestern Canada before him. Soldier,fur trader and explorer Peter Pond, the subject of this long overdue book, is a man whose legend has been forgotten in favour of those who came after him. Born in Connecticut in 1739, Pond