Hudson's Bay, or, Every-day Life in the Wilds of North Americ... - 9781108048200

Hudson's Bay, or, Every-day Life in the Wilds of North AmericaDuring Six Years' Residence in the Territories of the Honourable Hudson's Bay Company\nAuthor(s): Robert Michael Ballantyne\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108048200, 978-1108048200\nSynopsis\nIn 1841, aged just sixteen, the intrepid young Scotsman Robert M. Ballantyne [tel] joined the Hudson's Bay Company. Posted immediately to North-Eastern Canada, he spent five years traversing the region's inhospitable terrain by sleigh and canoe. His journal and letters home were so evocative that, upon his return, he was persuaded to publish an account of his experiences. Combining anthropological observations with descriptions of landscapes, plants, and animals, the account was applauded by the Dundee Courier for 'opening up a mine of information to the curious' and 'describing the everyday life of a novel and singular existence' with 'buoya.