Sinking of the Princess Sophia: Taking the North Down with Her

Coates, Ken; Morrison, Bill

ISBN 10: 0912006501 / ISBN 13: 9780912006505

Published by University of Alaska Press, 1991

About this Item

The book is in good condition with all pages and cover intact, including the dust jacket if originally issued. The spine may show light wear. Pages may contain some notes or highlighting, and there might be a "From the library of" label. Boxed set packaging, shrink wrap, or included media like CDs may be missing.

Seller Inventory # BSM.10EFM

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sinking of the Princess Sophia: Taking the North Down with Her
• Publisher: University of Alaska Press
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0912006501
• ISBN 13: 9780912006505
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

About this title

Synopsis

On October 23, 1918, a storm rose and the Canadian Pacific steamer Princess Sophia ran aground on Vanderbilt Reef, northwest of Juneau, Alaska. Tragically, there were no survivors. The 353 aboard represented a significant cross-section of the population of the Yukon and Alaska, and their loss was a heavy blow to a society that, with the end of the gold rush, was already in decline. This book tells the dramatic stories of many of the passengers, how they had gone to the north, what they did there, and why they were leaving that fall, and sheds light on a little-known aspect of Alaska's history.

About the Author

BILL MORRISON was a professor and administrator at universities in Ontario, Manitoba, and British Columbia and a visiting professor in the United States before he retired in 2010. Morrison has published fourteen books, twelve of them in collaboration with Ken S. Coates. He lives in Ladysmith, BC.