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Emperor of the North: Sir George Simpson and the Remarkable Story of the Hudson's Bay Company.(Brief article)(Book review)
by James Raffan. Toronto: HarperCollins Publishers, 284 pp., illus., hard cover, dust jacket, $34.95.
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This is a monumental study of a monumental man. George Simpson ruled the Northern Department of the HBCo with an iron hand and provided leadership when it was most needed.
The author tells of Simpson's humble beginnings in England, his appointment to the HBCo through family influence, and then through his own business acumen and ability, rising to a position of power. Eventually he was knighted and capped off his career with a two-year voyage around the ...
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