Author: WEEKES, MARY; KING, W. CORNWALLIS; JANZEN, H. (FOREWORD)
Title: 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
Description: Canada: School Aids and Text Book Publishing, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Shackleton, K.. 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.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Hudson's Bay Company Wintering Partner W. Cornwallis King Biography Traders Canadian North York Factory. Fair .

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