AcknowledgementsPrefaceINTRODUCTION: The Old ManPART ONETo the New World (1784)Into the Country (1786)By Star and Compass (1790)PART TWOWith the Nor'Westers (1797)Over the Mountains (1807)To the Pacific (1810)PART THREEThe Great Map (1812)Williamstown Days (1815-1836)Hard Times (1837-1857)AFTERWORD: The Return of David ThompsonBibliographyPicture CreditsIndex
D’Arcy Jenish is the author of Indian Fall: The Last Great Days of the Plains Cree and the Blackfoot Confederacy and the best-selling The Stanley Cup: One Hundred Years of Hockey at Its Best.
"Well illustrated and served well by a thorough bibliography, this
imaginative reconstruction will whet readers' appetites to seek out
the copious literature on Thompson, the 'epic
wanderer.'"—Choice
*Choice*
“Now and again a book comes along that simply transcends
geographical limits. Epic Wanderer is such a book. . . . Epic
Wanderer, like the man himself, covers a lot of ground and does so
very well. If you'd like to purchase just one biography on David
Thompson, make it this one.”—American Surveyor
*American Surveyor*
"David Thompson was an important, if little known, explorer of the
Canadian West. . . . Jenish tells this remarkable man's story from
the journal Thompson kept throughout his life and the narrative he
wrote in his old age. . . . We view the daunting hardships facing a
fur trader working far beyond white settlement."—Journal of the
West
*Journal of the West*
“Jenish presents a lively version of the explorer's adventures,
detailing the hardships of life on the trail, Thompson's
interactions with aboriginal peoples, and the vast country he
traversed.”—Oregon Historical Quarterly
*Oregon Historical Quarterly*
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