The Freebooters of the Wilderness

Set against the rugged backdrop of early 19th-century Canada, Agnes C. Laut's "The Freebooters of the Wilderness" vividly chronicles the lives of adventurous fur traders and their tumultuous engagements with the Indigenous peoples and the natural world. Laut's prose blends narrative history with a richly textured, almost poetic style, evoking both the grandeur and peril of frontier life. Through m...