Vancouver Island letters of Edmund Hope Verney 1862-65 [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Allan Pritchard

• Autore: Verney Edmund Hope <1838-1910.>
• Pubblicazione: Vancouver, : UBC Press, c1996
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (325 p.)
• Disciplina: 971.1/202/092
• Soggetto geografico: Vancouver Island (B.C.) History; Vancouver Island (B.C.) History Sources; Vancouver Island (B.C.) Social conditions Sources
• Altri autori: PritchardAllan
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-294) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Letters -- Notes to Letters -- Index -- The Pioneers of British Columbia
• Sommario/riassunto: This 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.'
• Titolo autorizzato: Vancouver Island letters of Edmund Hope Verney 1862-65
• ISBN: 1-283-13196-X; 9786613131966; 0-7748-5457-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780682603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Pioneers of British Columbia.