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Weekes, Mary, King, W. Cornwallis, Janzen, H. (Foreword)

Trader King, as Told to Mary Weekes; The Thrilling Story of Forty years' Service in the North-West Territories, Related By One of the Last of the Old Time Wintering Partners of the Hudson's Bay Company

School Aids and Text Book Publishing, 1949

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Year of publication
1949
Place of printing
Canada
Author
Weekes, Mary, King, W. Cornwallis, Janzen, H. (Foreword)
Publishers
School Aids and Text Book Publishing
Size
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Edition
F First Edition
Keyword
Hudson's Bay Company Wintering Partner W. Cornwallis King, Biography Traders Canadian North York Factory Biography Canadian, History Travel, Exploration & Adventure
Binding description
H Hardcover
State of preservation
Fair
Languages
English
Binding
Hardcover
First edition
Yes

Description

184 pages. Map. Frontis illustration of subject. Reproductions of black and white photos. "Chief Trader King, who died in 1940, was one of the most fearless and colourful traders of the Canadian North. From the day he landed at York Factory in 1862 until his retirement from the Hudson's Bay Company in 1903 his life was filled with stirring adventure in a vast country where only skilled boatmen could make their way over the water routes from one post to the next and where only expert huntsmen and the most rugged individuals could survive." - from Foreword. Moderate age-toning to contents. Binding intact. Bit of writing in marker atop front free endpaper. Somewhat above-average external wear and soiling. A sound copy. Peel (2) 4182. Book
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