Kim Crawford
Kim Crawford is a former newspaper reporter, and is author of
The Daring Trader and and co-author of two books about Michigan
soldiers in the Civil War, most recently The 4th Michigan
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Daring Trader, The
Jacob Smith in the Michigan Territory, 1802–1825
Kim Crawford
A fur trader in the Michigan Territory and confidant of both the
U.S. government and local Indian tribes, Jacob Smith could have
stepped out of a James Fenimore Cooper novel. Controversial,
mysterious, and bold during his lifetime, in death Smith has not,
until now, received the attention he deserves as a pivotal figure in
Michigan’s American period and the War of 1812. This is the exciting
and unlikely story of a man at the frontier's edge, whose missions
during both war and peace laid the groundwork for Michigan to
accommodate settlers and farmers moving west. The book investigates
Smith's many pursuits, including his role as an advisor to the
Indians, from whom the federal government would gradually gain
millions of acres of land, due in large part to Smith's work as an
agent of influence. Crawford paints a colorful portrait of a
complicated man during a dynamic period of change in Michigan’s
history.
Finalist: 2012 ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year
Awards
B&W photos, notes, references, index •
world rights
320 pp., 6.00" x 9.00", March 2012
Paper, $29.95,
1-61186-026-1
978-1-61186-026-9
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