The Story of the Trapper


Read by Ted Lienhart

(4.5 stars; 6 reviews)

Canadian outdoors-woman and popular author Agnes Laut vividly portrays the men who braved the western wildernesses of Canada and U.S. year-around to match wits with the fur-bearing animals at home there. She profiles some of the trappers, the animals they hunted, and the companies that monopolized the industry, from the 18th through the 19th centuries. Published in 1902, when furs were still widely used for coats or coat lining in northern climes. (Summary by Ted Lienhart) (8 hr 48 min)

Chapters

Editor's Preface 7:50 Read by Ted Lienhart
Gamesters of the Wilderness 10:25 Read by Ted Lienhart
Three Companies in Conflict 24:20 Read by Ted Lienhart
The Nor' Westers' Coup 10:46 Read by Ted Lienhart
The Ancient Hudson's Bay Company Wakens Up 16:40 Read by Ted Lienhart
Mr. Astor's Company Encounters New Opponents 21:54 Read by Ted Lienhart
The French Trapper 28:17 Read by Ted Lienhart
The Buffalo-Runners 30:41 Read by Ted Lienhart
The Mountaineers 36:32 Read by Ted Lienhart
The Taking of the Beaver 29:03 Read by Ted Lienhart
The Making of the Moccasins 21:40 Read by Ted Lienhart
The Indian Trapper 30:10 Read by Ted Lienhart
Ba' tiste, the Bear Hunter 29:23 Read by Ted Lienhart
John Colter - Free Trapper 39:14 Read by Ted Lienhart
The Greatest Fur Company of the World 48:17 Read by Ted Lienhart
Koot and the Bob-cat 30:44 Read by Ted Lienhart
Other Little Animals besides Wahboos the Rabbit 34:56 Read by Ted Lienhart
The Rare Furs - How the Trapper Takes Them 33:52 Read by Ted Lienhart
Under the North Star -- Where Fox and Ermine Run 33:26 Read by Ted Lienhart
What the Trapper Stands For 10:00 Read by Ted Lienhart