The Journals of Alexander MacKenzie: Exploring Across Canada in 1789 & 1793

For me, this wonderful and detailed narrative, was the first I've encountered that enabled me to see Canada as it truly was in the late 1700's. As an avid canoeist, I have some experience in canoeing in the NW territories, which gave me additional insight as to the hardships and landscape encountered. Unfortunately, my experience was void of the wildlife and native Americans. An incredible diary of perseverance, and courage.

The journals of Alexander Mackenzie and his explorations of the Canadian Far North was of great interest to me. The book is well written and in a format understandable for anyone. Good job Narrative Press for printing these great stories!

The book was okay. It wasn't relevant to my subject.

This is the original journal and is written in the florid, stilted style of the times. The maps are minimal and it was difficult to tell where things were taking place. I would have preferred a good biography.

Another research book for my husband on the Canadian fur trade and canoe routes. Very helpful, well documented. fast shipping very happy with this

if you like reading that kind of stuff for a page an a half - interrupted by the description of some exciting episode for maybe a paragraph, only to return to the endless and minute directional footnotes of the journey, then this book is for you! moreover, if you like to know the distance of every carrying-place from Churchill to the Great Slave lake, then this book is definitely for you!while I enjoyed some parts of the book immensely, I cannot but feel that it was written in way too much detail, and probably for a different audience. perhaps an abridged version of Mackenzie's journals are in order.Scott, Francis, while they may not have been great explorers (let's face it - they both perished and cost the lives of many of their companions through their sheer incompetence), were nonetheless great writers, that knew how to relate to their audience - both then and now. by comparison, Mackenzie is as dry as the bones of an old nag that died in the Arizona dessert a hundred years ago.

This is a great book for those interrested for those interrested in c,anadian history. Although it was hard to read due to it's typical early english, it was qkuite fun and interesting to read.