LEADER 03223nam 2200757Ia 450 001 9910823835403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-13196-X 010 $a9786613131966 010 $a0-7748-5457-X 024 7 $a10.59962/9780774854573 035 $a(CKB)2430000000000455 035 $a(OCoLC)180704200 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10136013 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000644583 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12264814 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000644583 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10694430 035 $a(PQKB)10528595 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000382852 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11271800 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000382852 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10396339 035 $a(PQKB)10897712 035 $a(CaPaEBR)404423 035 $a(CaBNvSL)jme00327126 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3412235 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10141374 035 $a(OCoLC)923443608 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/4rd904 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/3/404423 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3412235 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3245729 035 $a(DE-B1597)661163 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780774854573 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000000455 100 $a19960724d1996 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aVancouver Island letters of Edmund Hope Verney 1862-65 /$fedited by Allan Pritchard 210 $aVancouver $cUBC Press$dc1996 215 $a1 online resource (325 p.) 225 1 $aThe pioneers of British Columbia,$x0847-0537 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7748-0573-0 311 $a0-7748-0554-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [263]-294) and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tIllustrations -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tAbbreviations -- $tIntroduction -- $tLetters -- $tNotes to Letters -- $tIndex -- $tThe Pioneers of British Columbia 330 $aThis previously unknown collection of letters lets us experience colonial British Columbia through the eyes of a young British naval officer who spent three years on Vancouver Island commanding a Royal Navy gunboat during the Cariboo gold rush. A keen observer of life in the new world, Edmund Hope Verney corresponded on a regular basis with his father, a prominent British MP. In his letters, which are filled with lively narration and description, candid commentary, and fascinating personal detail, he talks about having 'the opportunity to observe a colony in [its first] stage of existence' and to 'watch the development of a community.' 410 0$aPioneers of British Columbia. 607 $aVancouver Island (B.C.)$xHistory 607 $aVancouver Island (B.C.)$xHistory$vSources 607 $aVancouver Island (B.C.)$xSocial conditions$vSources 676 $a971.1/202/092 700 $aVerney$b Edmund Hope$f1838-1910.$01674670 701 $aPritchard$b Allan$0879615 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910823835403321 996 $aVancouver Island letters of Edmund Hope Verney 1862-65$94039652 997 $aUNINA