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The Vancouver Island Letters of Edmund Hope Verney: 1862-65 (The Pioneers of British Columbia)
Edmund Hope Verney
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Description for The Vancouver Island Letters of Edmund Hope Verney: 1862-65 (The Pioneers of British Columbia)
paperback. 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. Series: Pioneers of British Columbia. Num Pages: 324 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 499.
This previously unknown collection of letters lets us experiencecolonial British Columbia through the eyes of a young British navalofficer who spent three years on Vancouver Island commanding a RoyalNavy gunboat during the Cariboo gold rush.
A keen observer of life in the new world, Edmund Hope Verneycorresponded on a regular basis with his father, a prominent BritishMP. In his letters, which are filled with lively narration anddescription, candid commentary, and fascinating personal detail, hetalks about having 'the opportunity to observe a colony in [itsfirst] stage of existence' and to 'watch the development of acommunity.'
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
UBC Press Canada
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
Series
Pioneers of British Columbia
Number of Pages
323
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774805735
SKU
V9780774805735
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Ref
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About Edmund Hope Verney
Allan Pritchard is Professor Emeritus of English,University of Toronto. He was born and grew up in Comox and now divideshis time between Victoria and Galiano Island.
Reviews for The Vancouver Island Letters of Edmund Hope Verney: 1862-65 (The Pioneers of British Columbia)
Trivial or traumatic, everything went into the letters home ... Allan Pritchard's satisfying introduction and notes brief us on who-was-who and what-happened-next in both historical and human contexts.
Phyllis Reeve
British Columbia Historical News, Vol 31, No. 2
Allan Pritchard has discovered a remarkably revealing source and used it to create a book that is both useful and interesting ... Vancouver Island Letters makes accessible an archival source that is valuable not only for historians of British Columbia but also for scholars of nineteenth-century colonialism ... The sizeable introduction ... is well documented, thoughtful, and articulate ... A rare and fine book. It makes a revealing primary source easily accessible to anyone interested in British Columbia and colonial life ... Verney’s letters are an important reflection of British Columbia in the 1860s, and a telling testament to the peculiar perspectives and inner life of one foot-soldier of nineteenth-century colonialism.
The Canadian Historical Review
Allan Pritchard ... Has made an excellent job of preserving and editing them for posterity ... A very useful and entertaining source for researchers into the maritime history of the Northwest Coast of America during a crucial phase of its political and economic evolution.
The Mariner’s Mirror
Phyllis Reeve
British Columbia Historical News, Vol 31, No. 2
Allan Pritchard has discovered a remarkably revealing source and used it to create a book that is both useful and interesting ... Vancouver Island Letters makes accessible an archival source that is valuable not only for historians of British Columbia but also for scholars of nineteenth-century colonialism ... The sizeable introduction ... is well documented, thoughtful, and articulate ... A rare and fine book. It makes a revealing primary source easily accessible to anyone interested in British Columbia and colonial life ... Verney’s letters are an important reflection of British Columbia in the 1860s, and a telling testament to the peculiar perspectives and inner life of one foot-soldier of nineteenth-century colonialism.
The Canadian Historical Review
Allan Pritchard ... Has made an excellent job of preserving and editing them for posterity ... A very useful and entertaining source for researchers into the maritime history of the Northwest Coast of America during a crucial phase of its political and economic evolution.
The Mariner’s Mirror