Author: PETHICK, DEREK
Title: James Douglas: Servant of Two Empires
Description: Vancouver, B.C.: Mitchell Press, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. 306 pages. Footnotes, bibliogrphy and index. "At a time when all of the West Coast of what is now Canada might have through neglect slipped from British North America into other national ownership, one man played a saving role. Fate had ordained that James Douglas, chief factor on the Pacific for the Hudson's Bay Company at Victoria, governor of the colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia, would influence the future and help create a great nation." - from dust jacket. Gift greetings upon front free endpaper else book clean and unmarked with light wear. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in Brodart. A sound copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; James Douglas Vancouver island Victoria Colony British Columbia History Hudson's Bay Company Governor West Coast. Good in Good dust jacket .

Keywords: Biography Canadian