SOURCES OF THE RIVER. Tracking David Thompson Across Western North America by Nisbet, Jack - 1994

Seattle: Sasquatch Books, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in dust jacket. Jack McMaster. This copy is signed by the author on the title page and dated 10/94. Maps and illustrations by Jack McMaster. In this true story of adventure,N isbet re-creates the life and times of David Thompson; fur trader, explorer, surveyor, and mapmaker. From 1784 to 1812. As David Thompson traveled, he carried a compass, a sextant, and a business proposition for the native tribes he met. For Thompson was not just a geographer out to map a river, he was also a fur trader with the North West Company, out to expand its domain and convert the natives to its commercial purposes. He was an agent of revolutionary change in the region; its history turns on the moment of his arrival.