{"product_id":"the-vancouver-island-letters-of-allan-pritchard-9780774805544","title":"The Vancouver Island Letters of Edmund Hope Verney: 1862-65","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis previously unknown collection of letters lets us experience colonial British Columbia through the eyes of a young British naval officer who spent three years on Vancouver Island commanding a Royal Navy gunboat during the Cariboo gold rush.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA keen observer of life in the new world, Edmund Hope Verney corresponded on a regular basis with his father, a prominent British MP. In his letters, which are filled with lively narration and description, candid commentary, and fascinating personal detail, he talks about having 'the opportunity to observe a colony in [its first] stage of existence' and to 'watch the development of a community.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Allan Pritchard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0774805544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780774805544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of British Columbia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 323\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Allan Pritchard","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086846505215,"sku":"9780774805544","price":93.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_124adc40-9944-4855-8bc5-225d7fb55cc4.jpg?v=1769096925","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-vancouver-island-letters-of-allan-pritchard-9780774805544","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}