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4.0 out of 5 stars
An excellent history of how the HBC shaped Canada into a country,
By Windwolfess (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Empire of the Bay: An Illustrated History of the Hudson's Bay Company (Hardcover)
I have read all three of Newman's Hudson's Bay Trilogy, and enjoyed all three. This, the first volume, has the best illustrations but is more of a summary overview of the other two books. I do not know the history of how the three were written, but this first book seems like it was originally intended to be a coffee table book on the HBC. It has nowhere the depth that the other two have. If you want an overview of how the HBC began and how its actions and its competition with the Northwest Company shaped much of the essence of modern Canada, read this volume. If you want to read a truly extraordinary book, read the second volume entitled "Caesars of the Wilderness", which focuses on the fur trade period of the HBC's history. I gave this latter volume as a Christmas present to my mother's companion of 27 years who was dying of lung cancer. It kept him company in the weeks leading up to his death.
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Empire of the Bay: An Illustrated History of the Hudson's Bay Company by Peter Charles Newman (Hardcover - November 7, 1989)
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