Pemmican Empire: Food, Trade, and the Last Bison Hunts in the North American Plains, 1780-1882 AUTH-3539605 Most have made their fortunes

Most have made their fortunes not because they got one lucky break

"Carlomagno

But even with their top-notch training

ISBN13: 9781771531887

Pemmican Empire: Food, Trade, and the Last Bison Hunts in the North American Plains, 1780-1882 AUTH-3539605 Most have made their fortunesIn the British territories of the North American Great Plains, food figured as a key trading commodity after 1780, when British and Canadian fur companies purchased ever larger quantities of bison meats and fats (pemmican) from plains hunters to support their commercial expansion across the continent. Pemmican Empire traces the history of the unsustainable food market hunt on the plains, which, once established, created distinctive trade relations