TRADER, TRIPPER, TRAPPER: THE LIFE OF A BAY MAN Sydney Augustus Keighley Winnipeg, Watson & Dwyer, 1989. 240pp, paper, ISBN 0-920486-36-3 (cloth) $27.00, 0-920486-38-X (paper) $14.95. CIP Grades 8 and up/Ages 13 and up Reviewed by Robin Lewis. Volume 17 Number 5 1989 September Without achieving fame, many men lead extraordinary lives. Unfortunately, being able to survive the rigours of the Canadian North does not necessarily mean you have the literary skills needed to write and market a readable book. The charming, natural style of an unlettered author eventually wears thin, as so many autobiographies attest. Syd Keighley got around this problem by collaborating with Renee Jones and David Riddle. Their interviews and skills fleshed out Keighley's original manuscript and ensured a good book. Keighley documents the old way of life and shows that the values and ethics of these earlier generations are worthy of respect and emulation by young people today. Few of us would want to endure his hardships; few could. But many will admire his rapport with nature. It is fascinating to read of the Chipewyan's indiscriminate slaughter of the caribou, or of the difference between prime fur on beaver and caribou. What Keighley assumes, his collaborators often ela­borate to our advantage. The book has many black-and-white photographs, adequate maps, an index, introduction, and epilogue. The book is good to read as either history or adventure. Robin Lewis, Riverdale High School, Pierrefonds, Que.