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Jean M. Cole - This Blessed Wilderness: Archibald McDonald´s Letters from the Columbia, 1822-44 - 9780774808330 - V9780774808330
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This Blessed Wilderness: Archibald McDonald´s Letters from the Columbia, 1822-44

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Description for This Blessed Wilderness: Archibald McDonald´s Letters from the Columbia, 1822-44 Paperback. This book traces 25 turbulent years (1821-46) in the Pacific Northwest's fur trade through the experiences of Archibald McDonald, a trader, cartographer and literate observer of his times. Series: The Pioneers of British Columbia. Num Pages: 308 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; 3JH; BGB; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; KCCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.

The twenty-five years between 1821 and 1846 were turbulent but important years in the history of the fur trade in the Pacific Northwest: 1821 saw the merger of the Hudson’s Bay Company and the North West Company, and 1846 saw the signing of the Oregon Treaty, which established the Canada-U.S. border.

Archibald McDonald was a man who experienced these changes first hand. As a senior HBC officer, he was sent to the Columbia District headquarters at Fort George in 1821 to oversee the recently absorbed NWC posts and assets. After the merger, McDonald went on to direct operations at Thompson River ... Read more

During his tenure in the Pacific Northwest, letters were McDonald’s only link with the outside world. Collected here for the first time by Jean Murray Cole, these public and private letters to friends, business colleagues, missionaries, botanists, and many others provide a fascinating narrative of the expansion of the fur trade at a critical time in its history. McDonald’s witty and ironic style make these informative letters highly readable and entertaining. They are an invaluable primary resource for historians of the fur trade and the Pacific Northwest, anthropologists, geographers, and specialists in native studies. More general readers will be fascinated by these amusing snapshots of early settlement in the Pacific Northwest.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
Series
The Pioneers of British Columbia
Number of Pages
308
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774808330
SKU
V9780774808330
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

About Jean M. Cole
Jean Murray Cole is an independent writer, researcher, and historian based in Indian River, Ontario. She is the author of many regional histories and of Exile in the Wilderness: The Biography of Chief Factor Archibald McDonald 1790-1853 (University of Washington Press 1979).

Reviews for This Blessed Wilderness: Archibald McDonald´s Letters from the Columbia, 1822-44
This book will be a “must-read” for those interested in the Pacific fur trade during this period, but the letters are interesting in themselves, and the background and explanatory notes provided by the editor give this book a much wider appeal.
Morag MacLachlan
B.C. History, Spring 2005

Goodreads reviews for This Blessed Wilderness: Archibald McDonald´s Letters from the Columbia, 1822-44


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