Pemmican and Portages. The Isle of Lewis, the fur trade and the Hudson's Bay Company. culture The book vividly portrays the

The book vividly portrays the motivations

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Each chapter is so evocatively written that I came away from my reading with scents and sights still vivid in my mind

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Pemmican and Portages. The Isle of Lewis, the fur trade and the Hudson's Bay Company. culture The book vividly portrays thePemmican and Portages by Angus Macdonald sheds new light on the significant yet overlooked contributions of young Lewis men, often from humble backgrounds, who sought new opportunities with the Hudsons Bay Company in the 19th century. It provides a fresh perspective on a little known aspect of emigration from Lewis, the North American fur trade, and Arctic exploration during this period. Drawing on emigrants' journals and other documentary evidence,