The Fraser
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Canada
- Date of Publication 14 January 2010
- ISBN 9780195438925
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages396 pages
- Size 205x140x26 mm
- Weight 507 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
From one of Canada's greatest journalists comes the epic story of British Columbia's Fraser River. The Wynford Edition includes a new introduction by Vaughn Palmer, one of Canada's foremost political journalists and a winner himself of the Bruce Hutchison Award.
MoreLong description:
From one of Canada's greatest journalists comes the epic story of British Columbia's Fraser River. As the dust jacket for the originally edition-published half a century ago-declared:
"Shaped like a giant fishhook stuck into the Pacific Ocean, the mighty Fraser is one of the most important rivers of North America, politically, economically, and historically. Compelling the reader's interest with the power and vigour of his narrative, Bruce Hutchison explores the Fraser's romantic history as one of Canada's two main channels of civilization. The Fraser's story is that of British Columbia and its people, and Mr. Hutchison shows that it provides some of the richest yet least known chapters in Canadian history. These he unrolls in an unforgettable panorama, from the days of Spanish discovery to the story of the city of Vancouver, the river's most remarkable product. In its gold, its steamboating, its fur; as a fisherman's paradise, and as the largest untapped source of electrical power in North America-the story of the Fraser is one of colour and high drama. It is exciting reading."
The Wynford Edition includes a new introduction by Vaughn Palmer, one of Canada's foremost political journalists and a winner of the Bruce Hutchison Award. Palmer's introduction puts both the book and Hutchison's career in historical context for modern readers.
Table of Contents:
Introduction to the Wynford Edition by Vaughn Palmer
Map of the Fraser Territory
The River
Discovery
To the Pacific by Canoe
Simon Fraser
Gold
The Cariboo Road
The Overlanders
Down the Thompson
Canada from Sea to Sea
. The Hanging Judge
The River Pilots
On the Old Trail
The River's Mouth
. The Fraser Valley
The Canyon
Carson's Kingdom
To the River's End
The Thompson
The First Inhabitants
For Anglers Only
The River's Railways
The Future of the River
Bibliography
Index
