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OwnSky5929 t1_jau9w3m wrote

I just finished reading A History of Canada in Ten Maps by Adam Shoalts. It's a must read for anyone who is interested in early Canadian explorers, their personalities, native leaders, and the hardships they all endured in mapping westward. Peter Ogden is in the book as is Rivet. A much better read than 'non fiction Canadian history ' genre sounds like it would be. The book paints Ogden as an unstable force who killed those who got in his way. I imagine Julia must have been one tough lady to make it through marriage to him and the times they lived in.

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creemetismami OP t1_jauqn50 wrote

And that one is going on my to read list. Thank you for sharing. I looked up the reviews, and it sounds very interesting!

There's no denying he was a real brute, especially in his younger years, yikes! As he aged, he was said to have been remorseful for how he was in those days, from what I've been told anyway.

Julia was a force, my goodness. She really did it all, all while tending to a company of men, and horses, PLUS 8 children?? Absolutly wild, what a legend!

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