|
|
Sold Out
Book Categories |
Thirty years after Meriwether Lewis and William Clark passed through the Mandan villages in present-day North Dakota, the Upper Missouri River region was being plied by fur traders. In 1834 Francis A. Chardon, a Philadelphian of French extraction, took charge of Fort Clark, a main post of the American Fur Company on the Upper Missouri. The journal that Chardon began that year offers a rare glimpse of daily life among the Mandan Indians, including the Arikaras, Yanktons, and Gros Ventres. In particular, it is a valuable and graphic record of the smallpox scourge that nearly destroyed the Mandans in 1837. Chardon describes much of historical interest, including such figures as the interpreter Charbonneau, Sacajawea's husband, and the fantastic James Dickson, "Liberator of all the Indians." By the time his account ends in 1839, the fur trade is already in decline.
| Price | Condition | Delivery | Seller | Action |
| $99.99 | Digital |
| WonderClub |
Andrij Usztan
reviewed Chardon's Journal at Fort Clark 1834-1839 on June 13, 2014
Chardon's Journal at Fort Clark 1834-1839
This is an excellent book to listen to in the audible format since there are many voices that are done quite well and some apparently the actual people.
On the negative side this book is almost totally about World War II. This book is a follow up to The Greatest Generation. I was not paying close enough attention since I thought this was that book. But I do not think I will be following up by reading that book.
I am not fond of books that glorify war. I am not fond of books that act as if wars are about protecting our freedom. This book certainly recognizes that plenty of people don't come home from war but I think it leans heavily on the glory of the sacrifice. World War II is the war that people like to see as the one where we were all in it together and we were all fighting for the same thing. This book gives absolutely no alternative viewpoints.
Well let me take that back just a smidgen. There is the story about the 16 Negroes Who were trained to be paratroopers. After they were trained they were shipped up to Washington state to fight forest fires!
There was much mention in reminiscences by people who said their father never talked about the war. And there were some indirect (very indirect) references to the horror of war. There were statistics about how many tons of bombs and flights of the carpet bombing B-17s in Europe. But war was very sanitized. While I would have to say that it is hard to imagine a pro war book, this book leans a little that way. But given the title that should not be totally surprising. This is after all a book about American heroes.
Login|Complaints|Blog|Games|Digital Media|Souls|Obituary|Contact Us|FAQ
CAN'T FIND WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? CLICK HERE!!! X
You must be logged in to add to WishlistX
This item is in your Wish List
X
This item is in your Collection
Chardon's Journal at Fort Clark 1834-1839
X
This Item is in Your Inventory
Chardon's Journal at Fort Clark 1834-1839
X
You must be logged in to review the productsX
X
X
Add Chardon's Journal at Fort Clark 1834-1839, Thirty years after Meriwether Lewis and William Clark passed through the Mandan villages in present-day North Dakota, the Upper Missouri River region was being plied by fur traders. In 1834 Francis A. Chardon, a Philadelphian of French extraction, took ch, Chardon's Journal at Fort Clark 1834-1839 to the inventory that you are selling on WonderClubX
X
Add Chardon's Journal at Fort Clark 1834-1839, Thirty years after Meriwether Lewis and William Clark passed through the Mandan villages in present-day North Dakota, the Upper Missouri River region was being plied by fur traders. In 1834 Francis A. Chardon, a Philadelphian of French extraction, took ch, Chardon's Journal at Fort Clark 1834-1839 to your collection on WonderClub |