Native Trade

The land of innocence and bounty was exploding in violence... At the dawn of the 18th century, while the French and English are locked in a battle for the northeast territory, the ancient Indian tribes begin a savage brother-against-brother conflict—forced to take sides in the white man’s war—pushed into an era of great heroism and greater loss. In the tradition of James Fenimore Cooper’s The Last of the Mohicans, and the later adventure exploits of Daniel Boone and Jim Bowie, the First Frontier Series is a stunningly realistic adventure saga set on America’s earliest battleground...

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A thrilling tale of betrayal and revenge set against the nineteenth-century American frontier, Michael Punke's The Revenant is the astonishing story of real-life trapper and frontiersman Hugh Glass The year is 1823, and the trappers of the...

This program includes supplemental material read by the author. The thrilling, long-awaited return of the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Revenant In 1866, with the country barely recovered from the Civil War, new war breaks out on the western frontier—a clash of cultures between a...

Sam Bass is tall and lanky, loves old western movies, wears cowboy boots, and drives a beat-up Jeep Wrangler. He's a hot-shot pilot running a shoestring charter business on remote Ocracoke Island, and he has a gorgeous girlfriend, Valerie, a Cherokee widow with a young son.When Sam risks everything to help rescue a couple lost at sea in a storm, he gets publicity he definitely doesn't need.The Cowboy, as he's known to certain dangerous people, has been located and a hit team is dispatched to take care of unfinished business. Sam, Valerie, and her son are suddenly the focus of evil. Their ...

Discover the untold stories and hidden histories of the Columbia River, one of North America's most influential waterways. From its geological beginnings to its current role as a symbol of connection and conflict, this book will take you on a powerful journey through the past, present, and future of the Columbia. Uncover the natural wonders and forces that shaped the Columbia River Basin, including Ice Age floods and volcanic activity. Learn about the indigenous cultures that have lived in harmony with the river for thousands of years, and the impact of European colonization. Follow the ...

This book provides important new insights into The Family of Indian Trader and Author James Adair. Present-day historians, sociologists, and anthropologists describe Adair’s 1775 publication, The History of the American Indians, as “one of the most valuable primary accounts of the southeastern Indians.” Yet, after the publication of his work, Adair disappeared from public view. Scholars frequently ask: Did the historian settle in upstate South Carolina? Was he the same person as James Adair of Duncan Creek? Was he a brother of Joseph Adair of Duncan Creek? Was he a brother of William ...

While conducting research for a magazine article about a legendary Mississippi local I encountered artifacts which indicate there is substance to historical accounts of an unknown ancient civilization. One thing led to another and researcher Dr. Robert List and I located three enigmatic sites which support the theory of an ancient metal trade and the presence of an ancient Mediterranean culture in Mississippi. There are many more sites remaining to be discovered. This book lays out a process by which anyone with Internet access can find and investigate sites which are in dire need of ...

The specification was Book One. This is the build. Book One ended with a contract: five ceilings on every grant, a call ladder with a liquidity term, a committed close-out plan, and a 311-case acceptance map. This volume builds that machine — components, code, checkpoints, go-live — and prints every line of it in the appendices. Nine components, four boundaries, and five requirements that cannot be retrofitted — time as a parameter first, because the question to answer is why was I sold at 10:47:12.480; The feedback loop, computed: on the same shock, sell-everything turns one breach ...

Unlock the Hidden Legacy of Canada’s Indigenous Peoples and Their Role in Shaping the Nation What if the true story of Canada’s origins was not just about European settlers and explorers, but about the Indigenous peoples who built the foundations of this great nation long before they arrived? Imagine discovering how the fur trade, a key element of early Canadian history, was not merely shaped by foreign powers, but was driven by the profound knowledge and networks of Indigenous nations. "Trade Routes of the First Nations: How Indigenous Peoples Shaped the Economic and Cultural ...

In a work that fundamentally recasts the history of colonial America, Wendy Warren shows how the institution of slavery was inexorably linked with the first century of English colonization of New England. While most histories of slavery in early America confine themselves to the Southern colonies and the Caribbean, New England Bound forcefully widens the historical aperture to include the entirety of English North America.

The Osage, Kansa, and Otoe were all tribes west of the Mississippi and dwelt directly in the path of the two friends determined to escape the bounty hunters from Philadelphia and to explore the uncharted wilderness of the West. But when they encounter former French Voyageurs turned slave traders who take Pawnee women captive, their purposes take a turn. But slave-traders are nothing compared to the Omaha and Ponca tribes that have the market cornered on all trade from the Missouri and North Platte Rivers. 

BEFORE GOLD. BEFORE SILVER. THERE WERE PEARLS. In 1498, Christopher Columbus made a discovery that would change the world forever. Not gold. Not silver. 👉 Pearls. Hidden beneath the Caribbean lay unimaginable wealth — and the beginning of a system built on exploitation, slavery, and human suffering. A STORY ROOTED IN REAL HISTORY Blood for Pearls is inspired by true events and reveals a forgotten chapter of history: 👉 the first economic engine of the Americas — powered by pearls. Through the lives of: Charaima, an Indigenous boy torn from his world Dembe, an African forced into ...

What if the history you were taught left out the most vital pieces of the story? From the footsteps of the First Nations who shaped the land for millennia, to the daring Viking explorers, to the clash of empires that decided the fate of an entire continent—Canada’s history is filled with untold stories waiting to be discovered. Canada’s Unwritten History brings to life the extraordinary journey of a nation forged not in a single moment, but through centuries of resilience, struggle, and cultural exchange. With vivid storytelling, this book traces the origins of Canada from its ...

What if the story of one country could unlock the secrets of our shared human journey? From the depths of the Amazon to the heights of political upheaval, Brazil is not just a nation—it’s a mirror. A mirror that reflects colonization and resistance, slavery and survival, empire and reinvention. In The History of Brazil, Eleanor Whitcombe invites you into a sweeping, emotionally resonant exploration of a land where contradictions collide and transformation never stops. ✔ Discover how a Portuguese outpost became the seat of a European empire ✔ Uncover the brutal logic behind the ...

When vengeful Ute warrior Grey Wolf attacks a peaceful Shoshone village, mountain man Lucas McCarty must confront the past he thought he’d left behind. Amid fire, blood, and chaos, Lucas fights to protect his wife, a newborn child, and the fragile peace he’s built. In a story of survival, honor, and vengeance, every choice can mean life—or death. (Western, Action & Adventure) Brothers of the Mountain Adventures: Pride of the Shawnee - #1 River Pirates - #2 Two Buffaloes - #3 Grizzly Rendezvous - #4 Blood on the Prairie - #5 Justice in the Valley - #6 Savagery of the Blackfeet - #7 ...

“He’s is gonna cut me, he bought me,” the terrified young woman whimpers as she hides in Maggie’s SUV, stopped at a remote truck stop on the Montana Interstate. Detective Maggie Monroe is taking leave to see her sons in Montana when she is pulled into the vicious and deadly scourge of human trafficking of Native American women. Now widowed, Maggie only wants to visit her sons when she encounters May Skyeyes, a victim of age-old slave trade, which is now enhanced by the Internet and blurred jurisdictional lines. She discovers greed, corruption, and prejudice in her attempt to return ...

The Comanche Nation Built the Most Powerful Indigenous Empire in North America — Here Is Their Full Story For two centuries, the Comanche dominated the Southern Plains of North America in a way few peoples in history have dominated any landscape. Their mastery of the horse transformed not just their own society but the entire ecology of the Great Plains, reshaping the patterns of trade, warfare, and settlement across a continent. European colonizers, rival Indigenous nations, the Spanish Empire, and eventually the United States military all had to contend with a people who proved ...

A thriving fur trade post between 1830 and 1860, Fort Clark, in what is today western North Dakota, also served as a way station for artists, scientists, missionaries, soldiers, and other western chroniclers traveling along the Upper Missouri River. The written and visual legacies of these visitors have long been the primary sources of information on the cultures of the Mandan and Hidatsa Indians, the peoples who met the first fur traders in the area. This book is the first account of the fur trade at Fort Clark to integrate new archaeological evidence into the history.

The night before returning home from a trip to the Grand Canyon, artist Parke Higgins dreams of riding a black and white horse through a hail of bullets. In this dream world, a mysterious Native American woman captivates Parke. And in the waking world, he can’t forget her, her stunning horse, or that thrilling ride across the New Mexico landscape. While his wife waits in the car, Parke stops at a reservation trading post and buys an ancient jade dagger. Its origins are a mystery, but the jade dagger gets hot when he touches it. Back in his art studio in St. Louis, when the jade dagger ...

On the Great Plains in the late 1870s, Sleeping Dawn (Karen Brett) fights to protect her Blackfoot people from whiskey traders who bring ruin to her tribe. As a half-Scotch, half-Blackfoot woman raised among the plains tribes, she's caught between two worlds. Her father, Scott Brett, is a respected buffalo hunter, but the whiskey smugglers' violence threatens to destroy her people. When she attacks a whiskey camp, she's captured by the ruthless Bully Blackwood, who plans to make her his wife. Now she must navigate a dangerous path between her adoptive family, the whiskey traders, and the ...