03250nam 2200757Ia 450 991078068260332120230912142732.01-283-13196-X97866131319660-7748-5457-X10.59962/9780774854573(CKB)2430000000000455(OCoLC)180704200(CaPaEBR)ebrary10136013(SSID)ssj0000644583(PQKBManifestationID)12264814(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000644583(PQKBWorkID)10694430(PQKB)10528595(SSID)ssj0000382852(PQKBManifestationID)11271800(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000382852(PQKBWorkID)10396339(PQKB)10897712(CaPaEBR)404423(CaBNvSL)jme00327126 (Au-PeEL)EBL3412235(CaPaEBR)ebr10141374(OCoLC)923443608(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/4rd904(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/3/404423(MiAaPQ)EBC3412235(MiAaPQ)EBC3245729(DE-B1597)661163(DE-B1597)9780774854573(EXLCZ)99243000000000045519960724d1996 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrVancouver Island letters of Edmund Hope Verney 1862-65[electronic resource] /edited by Allan PritchardVancouver UBC Pressc19961 online resource (325 p.) The pioneers of British Columbia,0847-0537Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7748-0573-0 0-7748-0554-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-294) and index.Front Matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Letters -- Notes to Letters -- Index -- The Pioneers of British ColumbiaThis previously unknown collection of letters lets us experience colonial British Columbia through the eyes of a young British naval officer who spent three years on Vancouver Island commanding a Royal Navy gunboat during the Cariboo gold rush. A keen observer of life in the new world, Edmund Hope Verney corresponded on a regular basis with his father, a prominent British MP. In his letters, which are filled with lively narration and description, candid commentary, and fascinating personal detail, he talks about having 'the opportunity to observe a colony in [its first] stage of existence' and to 'watch the development of a community.'Pioneers of British Columbia.Vancouver Island (B.C.)HistoryVancouver Island (B.C.)HistorySourcesVancouver Island (B.C.)Social conditionsSources971.1/202/092Verney Edmund Hope1838-1910.1574226Pritchard Allan879615MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780682603321Vancouver Island letters of Edmund Hope Verney 1862-653850350UNINA