عنوان

Vancouver Island letters of Edmund Hope Verney, 1862-65 /

شابک

0774805544 (acid-free paper)

شابک

0774805730 (paperback)

شابک

9780774805544 (acid-free paper)

شابک

9780774805735 (paperback)

شماره

dltt

عنوان اصلي

Vancouver Island letters of Edmund Hope Verney, 1862-65 /

نام عام مواد

[Book]

نام نخستين پديدآور

edited by Allan Pritchard.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Vancouver, BC :

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

UBC Press,

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

c1996.

نام خاص و کميت اثر

307 p. :

ساير جزييات

ill., map ;

ابعاد

24 cm.

عنوان فروست

The pioneers of British Columbia,

شاپا ي ISSN فروست

0847-0537

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-294) and index.

متن يادداشت

Family and Early Life -- Letters of Sir Harry and Lady Verney -- The Voyage Out: England to Vancouver Island -- Naval Activities -- Other Activities -- People and Politics -- Native Indians -- Coastal Scenes and Scenery -- The Return Journey: Vancouver Island to England -- Later Life -- Notes to Introduction.

بدون عنوان

0

متن يادداشت

In this previously unknown collection of letters, we see colonial British Columbia through the eyes of a young 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. The letters are highly engaging and provide an interesting record of many aspects of colonial life, including political and social history, civic and eccleciastical affairs, the impact of the gold rush, the establishment of European settlements, relations with Natives, and comments on the personalities and activities of leading figures in colonial British Columbia.

متن يادداشت

The letters are especially interesting because Verney often chose to write about matters that nobody else thought worth recording. Actively involved in the social and legal affairs of the colony, he took part in the settlement of Comox and Cowichan. He was a magistrate and he was involved with the establishment of a free school as well as being on the immigration board. His opinions on who constituted the ideal British immigrant and his reactions to women from the bride ships are particularly revealing. His letters, filled with lively narration and description, candid commentary, and fascinating personal detail, were clearly written to be preserved, and Verney's comments about the events and people he observed still provide fascinating reading. The excellent introduction by Allan Pritchard provides the biographical and historical contexts and identifies the individuals mentioned in the letters.

موضوع مستند نشده

Verney, Edmund Hope,1838-1910

موضوع مستند نشده

Great Britain.-- Officers

موضوع مستند نشده

Vancouver Island (B.C.), History.

موضوع مستند نشده

Vancouver Island (B.C.), Social conditions.

بدون عنوان

0

بدون عنوان

0

شماره

ويراست

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Verney, Edmund Hope,1838-1910.

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Pritchard, Allan.

تاريخ عمليات

20130502102942.0

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y