Reviews
"This utterly beguiling work reminds us that American history has a north along with its more familiar east, west, and south. And quite a place it is - a vast region of land, water and ice, nearly beyond all jurisdictions, not easily reached then or now. But fortunately, we have an incomparable guide in John Bockstoce. With relentless research, sensitivity, and a palpable love for his subject, he has brought considerable warmth to the study of the far north and the fur trade that drew Europeans and Americans there, from all directions."-Ted Widmer, Director and Librarian, John Carter Brown Library, "Though it may appear at first a narrow specialist study, John Bockstoce''s Furs and Frontiers in the Far North is in fact a wide-ranging work of natural science, anthropology, economic history, technology, exploration, and international intrigue-all presented with consummate grace, scholarship, and above all enthusiasm."-David H. Stam, Syracuse University, "This utterly beguiling work reminds us that American history has a north along with its more familiar east, west, and south. And quite a place it is a vast region of land, water and ice, nearly beyond all jurisdictions, not easily reached then or now. But fortunately, we have an incomparable guide in John Bockstoce. With relentless research, sensitivity, and a palpable love for his subject, he has brought considerable warmth to the study of the far north and the fur trade that drew Europeans and Americans there, from all directions."-Ted Widmer, Director and Librarian, John Carter Brown Library, "There is no other work that attempts to cover this far- reaching topic, and hence it fills an important gap in the historiography of the area. What Bockstoce has produced is a worthy companion-volume to his earlier work, Whales, Ice, and Men, which is recognized as being the definitive source on the history of American whaling in the Western Arctic."�William Barr, Arctic Institute of North America, University of Calgary, " Furs and Frontiers in the Far North joins a spate of outstanding recently released books on the fur trade . . . that are adding exponentially to our knowledge of this subject and in ways that heretofore have never been examined in such depth or argued with such nuance and grace. With Furs and Frontiers in the Far North , John Bockstoce has solidified his reputation as one of our foremost historians of the fur trade and its relentless sweep across continents."-Cary C. Collins, Canadian Journal of History, "There is no other work that attempts to cover this far- reaching topic, and hence it fills an important gap in the historiography of the area. What Bockstoce has produced is a worthy companion-volume to his earlier work, Whales, Ice, and Men , which is recognized as being the definitive source on the history of American whaling in the Western Arctic."-William Barr, Arctic Institute of North America, University of Calgary, " Furs and Frontiers in the Far North is a comprehensive history of the international trade in furs that was centered on the Bering Strait region during the 18th and 19th centuries…In scale, the account moves smoothly up and down from specific interactions between particular individuals at one extreme to the broad sweep of international affairs at the other."-Ernest Burch, Arctic Studies Center, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, "Though it may appear at first a narrow specialist study, John Bockstoce's Furs and Frontiers in the Far North is in fact a wide-ranging work of natural science, anthropology, economic history, technology, exploration, and international intrigue-all presented with consummate grace, scholarship, and above all enthusiasm."-David H. Stam, Syracuse University, "A comprehensive history of the Native and maritime fur trade in Alaska during the 18th and 19th centuries."-Gretchen Weiss, Anchorage Daily News, "A comprehensive history of the Native and maritime fur trade in Alaska during the 18th and 19th centuries."�Gretchen Weiss, Anchorage Daily News, �This utterly beguiling work reminds us that American history has a north along with its more familiar east, west, and south. And quite a place it is � a vast region of land, water and ice, nearly beyond all jurisdictions, not easily reached then or now. But fortunately, we have an incomparable guide in John Bockstoce. With relentless research, sensitivity, and a palpable love for his subject, he has brought considerable warmth to the study of the far north and the fur trade that drew Europeans and Americans there, from all directions.��Ted Widmer, Director and Librarian, John Carter Brown Library, "Furs and Frontiers in the Far North is a comprehensive history of the international trade in furs that was centered on the Bering Strait region during the 18th and 19th centuries.In scale, the account moves smoothly up and down from specific interactions between particular individuals at one extreme to the broad sweep of international affairs at the other."-Ernest Burch, Arctic Studies Center, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, "Though it may appear at first a narrow specialist study, John Bockstoce''s Furs and Frontiers in the Far North is in fact a wide-ranging work of natural science, anthropology, economic history, technology, exploration, and international intrigue�all presented with consummate grace, scholarship, and above all enthusiasm."�David H. Stam, Syracuse University, "It is not easy in a short review to do justice to a book as comprehensive and magisterial as this one... Furs and Frontiers in the Far North is a fascinating, impeccably researched, and engagingly written work of scholarship."--William R. Morrison, Western Historical Quarterly, Furs and Frontiers in the Far North is a comprehensive history of the international trade in furs that was centered on the Bering Strait region during the 18th and 19th centuries�In scale, the account moves smoothly up and down from specific interactions between particular individuals at one extreme to the broad sweep of international affairs at the other.��Ernest Burch, Arctic Studies Center, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution|9780300149210|, "There is no other work that attempts to cover this far- reaching topic, and hence it fills an important gap in the historiography of the area. What Bockstoce has produced is a worthy companion-volume to his earlier work, Whales, Ice, and Men, which is recognized as being the definitive source on the history of American whaling in the Western arctic."-William Barr, Arctic Institute of North America, University of Calgary, "This utterly beguiling work reminds us that American history has a north along with its more familiar east, west, and south. And quite a place it is a vast region of land, water and ice, nearly beyond all jurisdictions, not easily reached then or now. But fortunately, we have an incomparable guide in John Bockstoce. With relentless research, sensitivity, and a palpable love for his subject, he has brought considerable warmth to the study of the far north and the fur trade that drew Europeans and Americans there, from all directions."-Ted Widmer, Director and Librarian, John Carter Brown Library, "There is no other work that attempts to cover this far- reaching topic, and hence it fills an important gap in the historiography of the area. What Bockstoce has produced is a worthy companion-volume to his earlier work, Whales, Ice, and Men , which is recognized as being the definitive source on the history of American whaling in the Western Arctic."-William Barr, Arctic Institute of North America, University of Calgary, "This book is as near perfect as I think any book about the fur trade can be. . . .[It] is a gold mine of information for historians, geographers, ethnologists, and antiquarians. It shows what can be done by a perceptive scholar who has complete command of the subject and of the English language."-- The Arctic Book Review, "This book is as near perfect as I think any book about the fur trade can be. . . .[It] is a gold mine of information for historians, geographers, ethnologists, and antiquarians. It shows what can be done by a perceptive scholar who has complete command of the subject and of the English language."--The Arctic Book Review, �This book is as near perfect as I think any book about the fur trade can be. . . .[It] is a gold mine of information for historians, geographers, ethnologists, and antiquarians. It shows what can be done by a perceptive scholar who has complete command of the subject and of the English language.�--The Arctic Book Review
