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Once They Were Hats – In Search of the Mighty Beaver
BEAVERS HAVE BEEN SHAPING THE LAND FOR CENTURIES.
More than 60 million beavers once roamed North America, creating critical habitats and intricate natural communities that depended on their activities. Then the Eropean fur traders arrived.
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Once They Were Hats – In Search of the Mighty Beaver
In Once They Were Hats, Frances Backhouse examines humanity’s 15,000-year relationship with Castor canadensis and the beaver’s even longer relationship with North American landscapes and ecosystems. From the waterlogged environs of the Beaver Capital of Canada to a bustling workshop where craftsmen make beaver-felt cowboy hats, Backhouse sifts through the millennia of castorid existance in the company of paleontologist’s, archaeologists, First Nations elders, historians, hatters, fur traders, trappers, and, of course beavers. Discover what happened after we nearly wiped this essential animal off the map, and how we learn to live with beavers now that they’re returning.
ISBN – 978-1-77041-207-1
261 Pages
Softback
5.25″ x 8.25″
ECW Press, 2015