Paul Kane's Great Nor-West

Name: Paul Kane's Great Nor-West
Price: 20.4 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780774805384

ISBN-10: 0774805382

ISBN-13: 9780774805384

Edition: 1995

Authors: Sheila Urbanek, Sheila Urbanek

List price: $71.95

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Marketplace

4 new & used from $20.40

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

In this beautifully designed and richly illustrated book, Diane Eaton and Sheila Urbanek re-create Paul Kane's heroic journey across Canada and bring to life the people, places, and events he experienced. Determined to document the lives and customs of the Indians of the Northwest, Paul Kane set out in 1845 to cross the continent 'with no companions but my portfolio and a box of paints, my gun and a stock of ammunition.' Travelling via the Hudson's Bay Company fur brigade routes, he made his way from the Great Lakes to the Pacific coast and back again. When he returned to Toronto in the fall of 1848, he brought back some 500 field sketches as well as a remarkable collection of Indian…

Book details

List price: $71.95
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
Publication date: 10/1/1995
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 176
Size: 10.23" wide x 10.27" long x 0.78" tall
Weight: 2.002
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


Chronology


A Guide to Paul Kane's Travels Through North America


Introduction


Notes



Forward with the Lachine Brigade



The Mï¿½tis Buffalo Hunt



Across the Prairies to Fort Edmonton



A Winter Crossing of the Rockies



Adventuring in the Oregon Country



Northwest to Fort Victoria



Up the Columbia



Over the Rockies and Homeward Bound


Select Bibliography


Index