The Fur Trade Gamble North West Company Pacific Slope 1800-1820 Astor WSU Press For Sale

​Lloyd Keith and John C. Jackson’s The Fur Trade Gamble: North West Company on the Pacific Slope, 1800–1820 (WSU Press, 2016 first printing) is an essential history for scholars and collectors of North American trade, the Pacific Northwest, and early 19th-century corporate rivalry. Richly illustrated with historical maps, period artwork, and key biographical reference lists, this study chronicles the high-stakes mercantile battle between Montreal's North West Company, John Jacob Astor's Pacific Fur Company, and the Hudson's Bay Company for dominance of the Columbia River and Pacific trade routes. This paperback edition is in overall Very Good condition with minor cover shelf wear, clean text-block edges, a tight binding, and clean, bright pages throughout.