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pp. x, (2), 273, b/w photographs, sketch maps, Signed by the author on title page. “This book presents a compelling view of one of the great travelers of the 20th century and of the last days of “the Old North.” A mining engineer and almost the archetype of the practical man, George Douglas was in 1911 given the task of searching for minerals in the watershed of the Coppermine, above the Arctic Circle. He never found great wealth, but developed a life-long affinity with the North itself; a fragile land of subtle beauty about to be changed forever by the advance of southern “civilization.” During that year and the next he lived a life of extraordinary adventure, became the first white man to make contact with many of the Inuit of the region, and became involved with the great figures of that last generation of Northern adventures. He became a reluctant father figure to Jack Hornby, the doomed romantic who would starve to death with Harold Adlard and Edgar Christian in 1927.”
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| ISBN | 0921149395 | |
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| ISBN13 | 9780921149392 | |
| Number of pages | 273 | |
| Original Title | Coppermine: Far North of George M. Douglas | |
| Published Date | 1989 | |
| Book Condition | Very Good | |
| Jacket Condition | Very Good | |
| Binding | Hardcover | |
| Size | Oblong 4to | |
| Place of Publication | Peterborough | |
| Edition | First Edition | |
| Category: | Canadian Studies | |
| Author: | Enid Mallory | |
| Publisher: | Broadview Press |
pp. x, (2), 273, b/w photographs, sketch maps, Signed by the author on title page. “This book presents a compelling view of one of the great travelers of the 20th century and of the last days of “the Old North.” A mining engineer and almost the archetype of the practical man, George Douglas was in 1911 given the task of searching for minerals in the watershed of the Coppermine, above the Arctic Circle. He never found great wealth, but developed a life-long affinity with the North itself; a fragile land of subtle beauty about to be changed forever by the advance of southern “civilization.” During that year and the next he lived a life of extraordinary adventure, became the first white man to make contact with many of the Inuit of the region, and became involved with the great figures of that last generation of Northern adventures. He became a reluctant father figure to Jack Hornby, the doomed romantic who would starve to death with Harold Adlard and Edgar Christian in 1927.”
| Weight | 1.5 kg |
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