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273 pages of excellent text, with many great maps and illustrations. in 1966 the author made a three month excursion into the wilds of northern British Columbia. There he met the last of the old-timers, men and women, from the gold rush era. This is a collection of the great stories they told about that time.
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“This book is as remarkable as the landscape it describes.” —Newsweek
“One of the most interesting, revealing, and delightful travel books I have read.”—The New York Review of Books
“His journal is about tangles and unrealized ambitions . . . and he understands wonderfully what to make of what he sees and hears. . . . A strange and beautiful book.”—The Washington Post
“Hoagland builds up an extensive, vivid picture of a place and people and, like all good travel writers, makes the reader want to start right out over his tracks.”—The Atlantic Monthly
“A beautiful book: so sharp and persistent in rendering the visible world, and yet so strangely wild with feeling.”—Philip Roth
“A spellbinding document.”—George Plimpton
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In 1966, Edward Hoagland made a three-month excursion into the wild country of British Columbia and encountered a way of life that was disappearing even as he chronicled it. Showcasing Hoagland's extraordinary gifts for portraiture--his cast runs from salty prospector to trader, explorer, missionary, and indigenous guide--"Notes from the Century Before is a breathtaking mix of anecdote, derring-do, and unparalleled elegy from one of the finest writers of our time.
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- PublisherDouglas & McIntyre,[1995], c1969.
- Publication date1982
- ISBN 10 1550541870
- ISBN 13 9781550541878
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Paperback. Very Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use: just a hint of wear to the extremities; crease along the front hinge. The binding shows barely discernible lean, but remains perfectly secure; the text is clean. No longer absolutely pristine, but remains very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 273pp. with maps. Illustrated with duotone drawings by Claire Van Vliet. Cover Illustration by Michael McCurdy. First Edition Thus [1995]; First Printing indicated. This text was first published in 1969 and has been reprinted before this very handsome edition appeared. Trade Paperback. Northern British Columbia description, travel, pioneers, history, frontier and pioneer life, social life and customs. In 1966 the author made a 3 month excursion into the wild northern B.C. crisscrossing by boat and float plane a tangle of mountains, glaciers, lakes and rivers. This is an account of his trip. First Edition Thus [1995]; First Printing indicated. Seller Inventory # 44937
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Notes From the Century Before: a Journal From British Columbia
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