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BENNETT, NORMA V Pioneer Legacy: Chronicles of the Lower Skeena River (Volume 1)
Terrace, BC, Canada, Dr R E M Lee Hospital Foundation. 1997, First Edition. (ISBN: 0 9683026 0 2) Pictorial Soft Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ill.: J D Kelly (cover painting). Slight edgewear, half inch tear in back of spine; neat inscription on half title page. Very clean sound copy. 240 pages including: detailed Index; list of Sources; illustrated in black and white with numerous reproductions of historic photographs, area maps, plans, documents. "The Skeena is a grand river, a beautiful river, a dangerous river - and for centuries it has been a highway from the northwest coast to the northern interior of what is now British Columbia. [The book] celebrates this mighty waterway and pays tribute to the rugged individuals - native peoples, white settlers and adventurers from all over the world - who have travelled, explored, lived and died along its turbulent 350-mile length." Very uncommon. Near Fine/No Jacket (as published).
Offered for US$ 48.00 by: Literacy Nanaimo - Book number: 001598
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