Summary of Jack Nisbet's Ancient Places

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 David Thompson, a fur trader working for the Hudson’s Bay Company, was witness to a night-traveling meteor that lit up the sky over Lake Susquagemow. #2 The story of David Thompson, a fur trader working for the Hudson’s Bay Company, tells of a night-traveling meteor that lit up the sky over Lake Susquagemow. Several days later, the fur agent was back near the same marsh on Lake Susquagemow, hunting for game in an open grove of aspen trees. He saw another concentrated light from the lake’s east end, which seemed larger than the first one. #3 A fur trader named David Thompson was witness to a night-traveling meteor that lit up the sky over Lake Susquagemow. The story of Thompson’s experience was reported by him and others who worked with him, and they believed they heard the aurora. #4 A NASA astronaut wrote me, asking about a book I wrote about David Thompson, a fur trader who saw a night-traveling meteor over Lake Susquagemow. He explained that the aurora is a plasma phenomenon in which energized electrons collide with gas particles to produce light effects.