Business — from the blog
Essays, reading notes and reviews from the business shelves of the collection.
Captain Bonneville: Irving's Fur-Trade Journal
Washington Irving digests a soldier's Rocky Mountain journal into a chronicle of trappers, rival companies and Indian camps.
Astoria: Irving's Chronicle of a Fur-Trade Venture
Washington Irving's account of John Jacob Astor's attempt to plant a trading empire beyond the Rocky Mountains — long on hardship, short on hurry.