"His letters, filled with lively narration and description, candid commentary, and fascinating personal detail, were clearly written to be preserved, and Verney's comments about the events and people he observed still provide fascinating reading. The excellent introduction by Al…
In this previously unknown collection of letters, we see colonial British Columbia through the eyes of a young naval officer who spent three years on Vancouver Island commanding a Royal Navy gunboat during the Cariboo gold rush. A keen observer of life in the new world, Edmund H…
In this previously unknown collection of letters, we see colonial British Columbia through the eyes of a young naval officer who spent three years on Vancouver Island commanding a Royal Navy gunboat during the Cariboo gold rush. A keen observer of life in the new world, Edmund H…