Lord Selkirk Of Red River

Gray, John Morgan

Toronto, 1964

By The Macmillan Company Of Canada Limited
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Hardcover with dust jacket, 388 pages, 5.75x9 in., [14.5x23 cm.], B&W illustrations.
Condition

Text block age-tanned. Front flap of dust jacket clipped; bookseller’s label adhered. Dust jacket with a large adhesive label attached to the front panel; numerous short closed tears, and dust-staining.
Notes


A biography of Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, examining his role in early nineteenth-century British colonization in North America. The work traces his efforts to promote Highland emigration and establish settlements, particularly the Red River colony, and outlines the associated conflicts with the Hudson’s Bay Company and the North West Company, as well as the legal and political circumstances surrounding these ventures.
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