Sternwheelers & Canyon Cats: Whitewater Freighting on the Upper Fraser

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pp. [10] 256. Signed by the author on half title page. “A total of twelve steamers worked the upper Fraser River during the period 1862-1921 and the dangers faced by these vessels and their steel-nerved captains are legend. It was a perilous existence hauling supplies to the isolated construction camps of the GTP Railroad and in retrospect it seems ironic that these steamers were made obsolete by this same railway upon its completion. Sternwheelers and Canyon Cats: Whitewater Freighting on the Upper Fraser is a chronicle of the men whose feats almost defy belief and whose contribution to BC history has gone long unrecognized.”

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ISBN 1894759206
ISBN13 9781894759205
Original Title Sternwheelers & Canyon Cats: Whitewater Freighting on the Upper Fraser
Published Date 2006
Book Condition Very Good
Jacket Condition No Dj
Binding Paperback
Size 8vo
Place of Publication Madeira Park
Edition First Edition
Inscription Signed by Author
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pp. [10] 256. Signed by the author on half title page. “A total of twelve steamers worked the upper Fraser River during the period 1862-1921 and the dangers faced by these vessels and their steel-nerved captains are legend. It was a perilous existence hauling supplies to the isolated construction camps of the GTP Railroad and in retrospect it seems ironic that these steamers were made obsolete by this same railway upon its completion. Sternwheelers and Canyon Cats: Whitewater Freighting on the Upper Fraser is a chronicle of the men whose feats almost defy belief and whose contribution to BC history has gone long unrecognized.”

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Weight 0.85 kg