BIRD, GEORGE HUBERT - Tse-Ees

Port Alberni, BC: Arrowsmith Press, 1971. Softcover. Signed by Family Member; Short tear top of spine, otherwise in very good condition ; Signed on title page by author's daughter , Florence who wrote a short bio of her father. A tight solid book. Inner sides of the card covers are illustrated with maps, book is illustrated with B&W photographs. Index at back of book. ; Trade PB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 237 pages; George Bird arrived in 1892 in the Alberni Valley from England. Instead of continuing on to Australia as originally planned, he and his new wife decided to stay and make a new life. His first job was to single handedly bring a steamer from Victoria for the BC Paper Manufacturing Co. This earned him the native name Tse-ees-tah (one man in a boat). Bird worked in various capacities over the years and became interested in the history of the valley. He wrote a number of articles for the local newspaper. This book was compiled from a selection of those sketches and personal reminiscences.. Very Good .

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