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A Fur Trader on the Upper Missouri: The Journal and Description of Jean-Baptiste Truteau, 1794–1796 ed. by Raymond J. DeMallie, Douglas R. Parks, Robert Vézina (review)

A Fur Trader on the Upper Missouri: The Journal and Description of Jean-Baptiste Truteau,... Book Review A Fur Trader on the Upper Missouri: The Journal and Description of Jean- Baptiste Truteau, 1794—1796. Edited by RAYMOND J. DEMALLIE, DOUGLAS R. PARKS, and ROBERT VÉZINA. Translated by MILDRED MOTT WEDEL, RAYMOND J. DEMALLIE, and ROBERT VÉZINA. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2017. Pp. xxxii + 693. $100.00 (cloth). Reviewed by Allan R. Taylor, University of Colorado This magnificent edition is the fruit of many years’ labor, and it shows in every possible way. Originally conceived in 1981 in discussion between Raymond J. DeMallie and Douglas R. Parks, on the one hand, and Mildred and Waldo Wedel, of the Smithsonian Institution, on the other, the work proceeded by fits and starts through the 1980s and 1990s until the deaths of the Wedels in the mid-nineties. DeMallie took up the project again in 2000—2001, and a major boost was added in 2004 when Robert Vézina, a graduate student at Laval University in Quebec specializing in voyageur French, joined the project. Work continued through the final editing done in 2013—14. Jean Baptiste Truteau was born in Montreal in 1748, fifteen years before New France ceased to exist through British conquest. A Frenchman by heritage, he became a British http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Anthropological Linguistics University of Nebraska Press

A Fur Trader on the Upper Missouri: The Journal and Description of Jean-Baptiste Truteau, 1794–1796 ed. by Raymond J. DeMallie, Douglas R. Parks, Robert Vézina (review)

Taylor, Allan R.
Anthropological Linguistics , Volume 60 (2) – Jun 14, 2019
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Book Review A Fur Trader on the Upper Missouri: The Journal and Description of Jean- Baptiste Truteau, 1794—1796. Edited by RAYMOND J. DEMALLIE, DOUGLAS R. PARKS, and ROBERT VÉZINA. Translated by MILDRED MOTT WEDEL, RAYMOND J. DEMALLIE, and ROBERT VÉZINA. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2017. Pp. xxxii + 693. $100.00 (cloth). Reviewed by Allan R. Taylor, University of Colorado This magnificent edition is the fruit of many years’ labor, and it shows in every possible way. Originally conceived in 1981 in discussion between Raymond J. DeMallie and Douglas R. Parks, on the one hand, and Mildred and Waldo Wedel, of the Smithsonian Institution, on the other, the work proceeded by fits and starts through the 1980s and 1990s until the deaths of the Wedels in the mid-nineties. DeMallie took up the project again in 2000—2001, and a major boost was added in 2004 when Robert Vézina, a graduate student at Laval University in Quebec specializing in voyageur French, joined the project. Work continued through the final editing done in 2013—14. Jean Baptiste Truteau was born in Montreal in 1748, fifteen years before New France ceased to exist through British conquest. A Frenchman by heritage, he became a British

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