The Vancouver Island Letters of Edmund Hope Verney(English, Hardcover, unknown)

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The Vancouver Island Letters of Edmund Hope Verney(English, Hardcover, unknown) is written by unknown and published by University of British Columbia Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0774805544 (ISBN 10) and 9780774805544 (ISBN 13).

This previously unknown collection of letters lets us experiencecolonial British Columbia through the eyes of a young British navalofficer who spent three years on Vancouver Island commanding a RoyalNavy gunboat during the Cariboo gold rush. A keen observer of life in the new world, Edmund Hope Verneycorresponded on a regular basis with his father, a prominent BritishMP. In his letters, which are filled with lively narration anddescription, candid commentary, and fascinating personal detail, hetalks about having 'the opportunity to observe a colony in [itsfirst] stage of existence' and to 'watch the development of acommunity.'