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WINNER of 4 awards: - The Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-Fiction, awarded at the Manitoba Writing and Publishing Awards gala held at the Winnipeg Art Gallery; The Manitoba Historical Society Margaret McWilliams Award in the Scholarly History category; Association for Manitoba Archivists 2009 Manitoba Day Award; John W. Dafoe Book Prize.
This is the definitive biography of Lord Selkirk of Red River. Thomas Douglas, the Fifth Earl of Selkirk (1770 1820), was a complex man of his times, whose passions left an indelible mark on North American history. As Earl, Selkirk became involved in local politics and developed a fascination with Scottish emigration to the New World. His first settlement was in Prince Edward Island, Canada; but his most famous plan, the Red River settlement, became his greatest passion and his ultimate demise. The settlement quickly became the focus of an intense rivalry between the two giants of the fur trade, North West Company and Hudson's Bay Company. When this rivalry spilled over into violence at Red River, Selkirk was transformed from a politician to a soldier and a man of action. The product of three decades of research, this is the definitive biography of Lord Selkirk. Bumsted's passionate prose and thoughtful analysis illuminate not only the man but also the social contexts in which he lived.
CONTENTS: Introduction
Chapter 1: Dunbar
Chapter 2: Apprenticing
Chapter 3: Paris, the Continent, and the Shadow of Daer
Chapter 4: Finding a Role in Life
Chapter 5: Towards Prince Edward Island
Chapter 6: Selkirk and the Island
Chapter 7: Touring North America
Chapter 8: Observations on the Present State of the Highlands
Chapter 9: Joining the Establishment
Chapter 10: Settling Down
Chapter 11: Taking Over the Hudson s Bay Company
Chapter 12: Starting up the Red River
Chapter 13: The Highland Regiment and the Kildonan Immigrants
Chapter 14: The Pemmican Proclamation
Chapter 15: The Settlement Dispersed
Chapter 16: Trying to Gain Control
Chapter 17: Seven Oaks and Fort William, 1816
Chapter 18: More Overstepping of Legality
Chapter 19: On the Defensive, 1817
Chapter 20: Campaigning at Law, January to June 1818
Chapter 21: Further Campaigning at Law, June to November 1818
Chapter 22: Returning to Europe: 1818 to 1820
Chapter 23: To the Death
Chapter 24: Coda
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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