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Overland from Canada to British Columbia: By Mr. Thomas McMicking of Queenston, Canada West
Contributor(s): Leduc, Joanne (Editor)
ISBN: 0774803932     ISBN-13: 9780774803939
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
OUR PRICE:   $34.15  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: January 1981
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts
- History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy)
- History | Canada - Pre-confederation (to 1867)
Dewey: 791.1
Series: Pioneers of British Columbia
Physical Information: 165 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Western U.S.
 
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Publisher Description:
Spurred on by reports of gold in the Cariboo, adventurers from all over the world descended on British Columbia in the mid-1800s. Among them were ambitious easterners who accepted the challenge of the shorter but more arduous overland route across the prairies and the Rockies. One such man determined to find his fortune in the West was Thomas McMicking - destined to lead the largest and best organized group of "Overlanders" into British Columbia. His record of their epic journey is a valuable historical document that possesses the universal appeal of an adventure story. McMicking presents a vivid image of the hardships of the overland route, the dangers, both real and imagined - like the apparently threatening Plains Indians who turned out to be "our best friends" - facts about important officials and settlements, and scientific observations of the physical environment. But this is also a very human document that describes a journey of self-discovery revealing a sensitive man's encounter with a bountiful and beautiful yet hostile and alien land.