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#Preview: #SpecialReport: #NorthAmerica: Fur-trappers in the 21st Century. Leila Philip, author, Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety

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John Batchelor

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🗓️ 8 April 2023

⏱️ 4 minutes

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#Preview: #SpecialReport: #NorthAmerica: Fur-trappers in the 21st Century. Leila Philip, author, Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America
#FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety

https://www.amazon.com/Beaverland-Weird-Rodent-Made-America/dp/153875519X

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0:00.0

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0:04.2

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0:09.4

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0:13.8

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0:27.8

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0:57.8

For trapping, here in the 21st century, spent time with fur trappers themselves as they traded and talked and gossiped

1:04.4

about their craft that derives from the last two or three hundred years in America,

1:11.5

from the Native Americans and from the Colonials who came over and learned it.

1:16.4

For trapping in America is an art form, and Leila explains that it contributes much

1:22.7

to scientific study of beavers as well. Here's Professor Philip.

1:29.2

Yeah, he really felt he was keeping alive in American legacy and a family legacy,

1:36.3

but I also think on a deeper level for him, it was a way to have a significant life.

1:44.4

And I found that really fascinating.

1:47.6

You know, just the search to do something meaningful with your life, to have a connection with

1:56.4

the natural world and community. On such different terms, then I was used to.

2:05.0

I found that really eye opening and interesting, and I actually have to say that I learned a great deal

2:13.2

about the natural world and about beavers from the fur trappers I went out with.

2:19.1

And in fact, right now, I'm involved in documenting a beaver, a growing beaver wetland as part of,

2:27.3

I think it's going to contribute to a scientific study. And some of the things I'm able to contribute,

2:32.8

I'm able to contribute because of what I learned from her and other fur trappers.

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