Guarding the Goldfields:
by Greenhous, Brereton (Edited By)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+/VG+
- ISBN 10
- 1550020285
- ISBN 13
- 9781550020281
- Seller
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Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Introduced and Edited by Brereton Greenhous. From the back of the jacket: "Canada's gold rush of the late 1890's attracted dreamers and schemers from all over North America. This is one story from that turbulent period of the men sent to guard the Yukon and maintain order. The Yukon Field Force, of which Edward Lester was a spirited member, was dispatched to provide an armed presence in Canada's northern-most region, and represented the first time armed troops had been sent to the huge region lying north of 60 degrees latitude. The decision to send the Force to the Yukon was the product of the Canadian government's genuine fear that the heavy American presence in the region--at least 80 percent of the population of the Territory were U.S. citizens--could result in violence and mayhem or possibly even annexation."
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Details
- Bookseller
- Stillman Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 985SB
- Title
- Guarding the Goldfields:
- Author
- Greenhous, Brereton (Edited By)
- Format/Binding
- Brown cloth with White titles on spine and front board.
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- VG+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1550020285
- ISBN 13
- 9781550020281
- Publisher
- Dundurn Press
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Ont.
- Date Published
- 1987
- Pages
- 222
- Size
- 8 vo.
- Keywords
- "The Journey North" map on front and rear endpaper. Rare and stunning photos make the book even more interesting.
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About Stillman Books
children's and other illustrated books, along with aviation, sea and naval and other categories. I'm still plugging along after 42 years of book-selling.