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Dolin quoted in TIME on history behind The Revenant

Fellow(s): Eric Dolin
Topic(s): Conservation Science

The 1820s fur-trading expedition fictionalized in the Leonardo DiCaprio film (and the novel on which it’s based) [The Revenant] was part of a major arc of 19th-century American history, explains Eric Jay Dolin, author of the book Fur, Fortune, and Empire. And, in drawing the eyes of the fledgling nation west, it helped shape the borders of the evolving country.

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Eric Jay Dolin

Eric Dolin

1989 Fellow
I grew up near the coasts of New York and Connecticut, and since an early age I was fascinated by the natural world, especially the ocean. I spent many days wandering the beaches on the edge of Long Island Sound and the Atlantic, collecting...