In 1801, fourteen-year-old Pierre returns to work for the North West Fur Company and makes the long and difficult journey to a winter camp, where he learns from both the other voyageurs and from the Ojibwa Indians whose land they share.
Discusses some of the explorers and trappers who journeyed west to hunt and trade beaver pelts and other commodities during the early nineteenth century.
When an injury prevents his father from going into northern Canada with fur traders, thirteen-year-old Pierre decides to take his father's place as a voyageur.
Describes several explorers and fur trappers who made names for themselves in the western American frontier during the early nineteenth century, including John Colter and Kit Carson.
Describes the life and activities of the trappers and fur traders in the Old West in the first half of the nineteenth century and recounts stories of such colorful individuals as Jim Bridger and John Colter.
