The Devil and Mr. Duncan - A History of the Two Metlakatlas
by Murray, Peter
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 091920368X
- ISBN 13
- 9780919203686
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Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
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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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 315h2002
- Title
- The Devil and Mr. Duncan - A History of the Two Metlakatlas
- Author
- Murray, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 091920368X
- ISBN 13
- 9780919203686
- Publisher
- Sono Nis Press
- Place of Publication
- British Columbia
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- 091920368X, The, Metlakatla, Duncan, William, 1832-1918, Tsimshian Indians - Missions, Indians of North America - Northwest coast of North America - Missions, Missionaries - British Columbia - biography, Missionaries - Alaska - biography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography; Native Peoples;
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