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Jun 06, 2007 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. In the case of voyageurs, mixed marriages sealed alliances between the voyageurs employer and his wifes aboriginal family, making for a key factor in the success of the north west company. Ballantyne april 24, 1825 february 8, 1894 was a scottish juvenile fiction writer. It was sustained primarily by the trapping of beavers to satisfy the european demand for felt hats. In the setting of the young fur traders, ballantyne mapped a form of. Voyageurs world personal life women and the fur trade. Robert michael ballantyne 24 april 1825 8 february 1894 was a scottish author of juvenile fiction who wrote more than 100 books. In writing this book my desire has been to draw an exact copy of the picture which is indelibly stamped on my own memory. The young fur traders a british victorian boys adventure story set in canada, written by the scottish writer robert michael ballantyne.