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A Son Of The Fur Trade is a new book release. In addition to the memoir, it contains about 10 pages of genealogical charts, about 10 pages of descriptive genealogy and many photographs. To view the book and other reviews, just Google or Yahoo "a son of the fur trade". The book should be available through your local book stores. See below for some of the publishing details.
As I am responsible for the genealogies and for 'finding' many of the photos, I am anxious to know if any of you recognize any of the names or photos of these lines of the Grant family.
I hope to hear from some of you, soon.
Anita Grant Steele
Son of the Fur Trade (A)
The Memoirs of Johnny Grant
John Francis Grant
Editor Gerhard J. Ens
Born in 1833 at Fort Edmonton, Johnny Grant experienced and wrote about many historical events in the Canada-US northwest, and died within sight of the same fort in 1907. Grant was not only a fur trader; he was instrumental in early ranching efforts in Montana and played a pivotal role in the Riel Resistance of 1869-70. Published in its entirety for the first time, Grant’s memoir—with a perceptive introduction by Gerhard Ens—is an indispensable primary source for the shelves of fur trade and Métis historians.
ISBN: 0-88864-491-4
Price: CND$ 34.95, USD$ 34.95, £ 19
Discount: Short
Subject: Native History/North American History/Postcolonial Studies
Publication Date: November 2008
Reviews
"Johnny Grant was one of those legendary frontiersman who lived large and unapologetically, amassing his fortune on gut instinct, guile and charm. Born at Fort Edmonton in 1833, the Métis land speculator and rancher had an affinity for adventure and seduction. In the course of his life he managed to sire 28 children by at least six women. He tells in his memoir, 'I may reflect here that about this part of my nature, this great fondness for women which has followed me through life, that it has brought me very close to trouble at times, but I always got out of it without any serious consequences.'”
Geoff McMaster, Express News, University of Alberta, December 10, 2008
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