{"product_id":"the-french-traveler-adventure-exploration-indian-life-in-eighteenth-century-canada-9781988360270","title":"The French Traveler: Adventure, Exploration \u0026 Indian Life In Eighteenth-Century Canada","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe French Traveler -- Letters to \"Ch re Madame\" \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdventure, Exploration \u0026amp; Indian Life In Eighteenth-Century Canada \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe First English Translation of The 1768 Bestseller \"Le Voyageur Fran ais\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTranslation and Commentary by William D. Gairdner, PhD\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the very first page, readers are thrown into scenes of gigantic, crushing \"ice monsters\" in the high arctic, dangerous exploration among hardy and curious Eskimos, then the rough and tumble lives of the colonists of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia; and finally, deep into the fascinating customs, war, killing, loving, torturing, hunting, and exotic ways of the Huron and Iroquois Indians of \"Le Canada.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the first English translation of the best-selling 18th-century travel book \u003cem\u003eLe Voyageur Fran ais\u003c\/em\u003e (The French Traveler), which sold out repeatedly and remained in demand for more than a half-century. The aim of its author, Joseph Delaporte, was to satisfy the insatiable curiosity of Europeans deeply fascinated by the adventure, mystery, and romantic appeal of the New World and its inhabitants. What is Canada Like? Who are the strange Indian people living there? Are they like us? Were we once like them?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe French Traveler\u003c\/em\u003e supplied the answers for curious readers young and old, in this intimately detailed and fascinating blend of action and emotion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kinetics Design - Kdbooks.CA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781988360270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.49d","brand":"William D. Gairdner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36674814312604,"sku":"9781988360270","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_93ce328c-51b5-4b75-9030-b3b21c04bd1b.jpg?v=1603932738","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-french-traveler-adventure-exploration-indian-life-in-eighteenth-century-canada-9781988360270","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}