Bøger af Carolyn Podruchny

By examining their lives in conjunction with the metaphor of the voyage, Podruchny reveals not only the everyday lives of her subjects but underscores their resonance in history as well as in the Métis communities they helped found.

French Canadian workers who paddled canoes, transported goods, and staffed the interior posts of the northern North American fur trade became popularly known as voyageurs. This title reveals the contours of voyageurs' lives, world views, and values.