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HOOD, ROBERT ALLISON - Ballads of the Pacific Northwest

Title: Ballads of the Pacific Northwest
Description: Toronto, ON: The Ryerson Press, 1947. Second Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Color Frontispiece. Signed by Author; DJ has short tears, some spotting. Small bottom corner bump on front board. ; Inscribed by author on half title page. A tight solid, book, DJ in Mylar. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 170 pages; His most ambitious project was an epic of the Pacific Coast, a romanticized verse-format history entitled Ballads of the Pacific Northwest: Its Discovery and Settlement, (Ryerson, 1946). Published in conjunction with Vancouver's Jubilee celebration, it contains a series of ballads about historical figures such as Chief Maquinna, John Jewitt, Captain George Vancouver, Alexander Mackenzie, David Thompson, Sacajawea, Walter Moberly and John A. "Cariboo" Cameron. (ABC Bookworld). Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket .

Keywords: POETRY CANADIANA History::Canada POETRY

Price: US$ 22.50 Seller: Ainsworth Books
- Book number: 20634

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