Details
The Voyageur Canadian History 2-Book Bundle
The Refugee / The Letters and Journals of Simon Fraser, 1806-1808The Voyageur Canadian History 2-Book Bundle
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11,99 € |
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| Verlag: | Dundurn |
| Format: | EPUB |
| Veröffentl.: | 14.03.2014 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9781459729049 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 712 |
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Beschreibungen
<p>Voyageur Classics is a series that issues special new versions of Canadian classics, with added material and special introductions. In this bundle we find two classic works of Canadian historical writing. During three extraordinary years, 1805-1808, Simon Fraser undertook the third major expedition across North America, culminating in his famous journey down the river in British Columbia that now bears his name. Fraser’s exploratory efforts helped lead to Canada’s boundary later being declared at the 49th parallel. In this new volume, librarian and archivist W. Kaye Lamb provides a detailed introduction as well as illuminating annotations to Fraser’s journals. </p>
<p>In the early 1850s, white American abolitionist Benjamin Drew was commissioned to travel to Canada West (now Ontario) to interview escaped slaves from the United States. In the course of his journeys in Canada, Drew visited Chatham, Toronto, Galt, Hamilton, London, Dresden, Windsor, and a number of other communities. Originally published in 1856, Drew’s book is the only collection of first-hand interviews of fugitive slaves in Canada ever done. It is an invaluable record of early black Canadian experience. </p>
<b>Includes</b>
<ul>
<li><i>The Refugee</i></li>
<li><i>The Letters and Journals of Simon Fraser, 1806-1808 </i></li>
</ul>
<p>In the early 1850s, white American abolitionist Benjamin Drew was commissioned to travel to Canada West (now Ontario) to interview escaped slaves from the United States. In the course of his journeys in Canada, Drew visited Chatham, Toronto, Galt, Hamilton, London, Dresden, Windsor, and a number of other communities. Originally published in 1856, Drew’s book is the only collection of first-hand interviews of fugitive slaves in Canada ever done. It is an invaluable record of early black Canadian experience. </p>
<b>Includes</b>
<ul>
<li><i>The Refugee</i></li>
<li><i>The Letters and Journals of Simon Fraser, 1806-1808 </i></li>
</ul>
This special bundle contains two classic works that provide great insight into crucial, nation-defining events in Canadian history: the exploration of the west in the early nineteenth century, and the arrival of escaped slaves via the Underground Railroad later in the century.
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