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British Columbia: Sono Nis Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. 091920368X . "The first full-length study of the career of the controversial missionary William Duncan. An unordained Anglican minister, he was sent to British Columbia by the Church Missionary Society of England in 1857 to work among the Tsimshian Indians at Fort Simpson. After five years he left to establish Metlakatla but, after disputes with various governmental officials, moved this community north to Annette Island, near Ketchikan. He was an outspoken advocate of Indian rights, particularly land ownership, when that was not a popular cause among the land-seeking white population." - dust jacket. 341 pages. Bibliography. Index. Black and white photographic plates. Map endpapers. Book clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Light wear to dust jacket now preserved in mylar. A quality copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .
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- Title The Devil and Mr. Duncan
- Author Peter Murray
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Printing o
- Pages 341
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Sono NIS Press, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- Date 1985
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780919203686 / 091920368X
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 85224483
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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