Metis Outpost by Andrews, Gerry - 1985: Memoirs of the First Schoolmaster at the Metis Settlement of Kelly Lake, B.C. 1923 - 1925

U.S.A.: By Author, 1985. Oversize Paperback. Near Fine. XL. Book shows very light shelf wear only to cover corners. Creaseless covers and spine, square, solid binding, text/interior is clean, neat and free of marking of any kind. 340 pages in oversize format with maps, b&w photos, drawings, ; Gerry Andrews, former Surveyor General and Boundaries Commissioner for British Columbia, writes of his time as a young schoolmaster to the Metis people at Kelly Lake, the way they lived, a Kelly Lake Metis genealogy, and the changes he witnessed on numerous travels through the area in later years. Subjects include the John Bennett tragedy, Archival material, Cree commentary and vocabulary and Geographics.including: the John Bennett tragedy, Archival material, Cree commentary and vocabulary and Geographics.

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Victoria, BC: Self-Published, 1985. Book. Fine. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 340 pages including index. Abundantly illustrated in black and white. "It was long the custom to regard local and even regional history as being of relatively little importance. But of late it has been recognized that if the generalizations that properly characterize broader studies are to be valid, they must often be based upon local sources that are frequently the only record of past events, changed conditions and vanished life-styles. The great number of local and regional studies now being published will result eventually in a much better and more perceptive general history of British Columbia, and, indeed, of Western Canada. 'Metis Outpost' is a prime example of such a source. Only its author could have preserved it for posterity. It is a little jewel in the treasure house of history." - W. Kaye Lamb, Former Dominion Archivist and National Librarian of… Read More