The Illustrated Voyageur: Paintings and Companion Stories

by Howard Sivertson

Book Overview

Wilderness living in the late 1700s is captured and brought to life. Thirty-one paintings show how the rugged voyageurs of the North West Company worked and lived and laughed. This book was originally... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1883953057
• ISBN13: 9781883953058
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Face to Face Books
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A Visual History

This book should be in all school libraries. The excellent illustrations bring the accurate text to life in a compelling way. I give 2-3 hr presentations in French or English as a voyageur. This book certainly covers more than I can in such a way. I would recommend it whole-heartedly as background for anyone interested in the period and the characters.

Great Read with Great Watercolors

Every spring in the late 1700's canoes would leave from Quebec and head for upper Lake Superior. At the same time trappers from deep in the central and Rocky Mountain regions of Canada would head for the same location with the fruits of their trapping labors over the winter. They would meet for a couple of weeks of trading and partying. Then they would laboriously paddle back to where they had come from.Howard Silvertson captures this time with short clear descriptions and beautiful watercolors that really make the history come alive. It is a part of history that is often forgotten. It's fascinating to imagine what it was like to live in those times. This book captures the feeling. This book should be in every school library.