Sources of the River, 2nd Edition: Tracking David Thompson Across North America

Sources of the River, 2nd Edition: Tracking David Thompson Across North America

by Jack Nisbet
Sources of the River, 2nd Edition: Tracking David Thompson Across North America

Sources of the River, 2nd Edition: Tracking David Thompson Across North America

by Jack Nisbet

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Overview

The awe-inspiring story of explorer David Thompson, whose expeditions helped shape western North America

In this true story of adventure, author Jack Nisbet re-creates the life and times of David Thompson—fur trader, explorer, surveyor, and mapmaker. From 1784 to 1812, Thompson explored western North America, and his field journals provide the earliest written accounts of the natural history and indigenous cultures of the what is now British Columbia, Alberta, Montana, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon. Thompson was the first person to chart the entire route of the Columbia river, and his wilderness expeditions have become the stuff of legend. 

Jack Nisbet tracks the explorer across the content, interweaving his own observations with Thompson’s historical writings. The result is a fascinating story of two men discovering the Northwest territory almost two hundred years apart.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781570615221
Publisher: Sasquatch Books
Publication date: 04/10/2007
Pages: 304
Sales rank: 658,802
Product dimensions: 5.51(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

JACK NISBET is a historian, teacher, and author focusing on the intersection of human history and natural history in the Pacific Northwest. His books include Sources of the River (recipient of the Washington Governor's Award and winner of the Murray Morgan Prize from the Washington State Historical Society), The Mapmaker's Eye (named one of The Best Nonfiction Books of the Year by The Seattle Times)The Collector (a Pacific Northwest Book Award winner), The Dreamer and The Doctor, and Visible Bones. He lives in Spokane, Washington.

Table of Contents


Foreword to the 2007 Edition     v
Author's Note     ix
Prologue     1
In the Country of Saukamappee     9
A Well-Regulated Watch     31
Smoking with Eagles     51
Neutral Ground     79
Border Crossing     113
Touching the Circle     139
Omen of the Red Stick     163
Wanapam     183
Sitting in the Water     207
Room to Feed     231
The Smell of Camas Root     243
Epilogue     259
Chronology     265
Further Reading     269
Chapter Notes     277
Index     285
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