The Grand PortageThe Great Novel of Traders and Trappers in the Northwest 1800-1819.
"VIOLENT, BRUTAL AND RAW AS TRADING RUMA FIRST-RATE TALE OF THE FIGHT FOR FURS THAT SENT RUGGED, UNSCRUPULOUS MEN FROM THEIR LAKE SUPERIOR HEADQUARTERS NORTH TO HUDSON'S BAY, THE ARCTIC CIRCLE AND THE PACIFIC COAST."Salt Lake Tribune
"PRESENTS A SWEEPING PANORAMA OF THE NORTHWEST FUR TRADETHE COLD RIVERS, THE TRAMPLED PORTAGES, THE JOSTLING LIFE OF THE GREAT DEPOTS AND THE LONELY WASTES OF WOODS AND PRAIRIE."Chicago Tribune