The adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A. vs The Hudson Bay Company: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fur trade, Frontier and pioneer life, Description and travel, Travel, Biography & Memoir, History
The adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A.
While engaged in writing an account of the grand enterprise of Astoria, it was my practice to seek all kinds of oral information connected with the subject. Nowhere did I pick up more interesting particulars than at the…
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The Hudson Bay Company
“Reader, -I take for granted that you are tolerably well acquainted with the different modes of life and travelling peculiar to European nations.”
The author's first-hand account of the first 3 or 4 years of his career with the Hudson's Bay Company during the early part of the 1800's. Includes personal narratives of his day-to-day adventures, duties to "the…
The verdict
- Very close on paper — pick by the themes that pull you more.
Scores by source
| The adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A. | The Hudson Bay Company | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.9 (35) |
Reception
| The adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A. | The Hudson Bay Company | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | — | 35 |
| Editions | 145 | 161 |
| Want to read | — | 67 |
| Reading it now | — | 17 |
| Written reviews | — | 5 |
| Pages | 207 | 189 |