9781896150345 - Crossroads of the Continent: A History of the Forks of the Red and Assiniboin... di Barbara-huck-forks-north-portage-partnership-project-staff (6 risultati)

Hard bound, oblong octavo, colour and black and white illustrations throughout, 176pp includes bibliography and timeline. Winner of the Carol Shields City of Winnipeg Book Award. Fine in very good dust jacket. 870 grams. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. VERY GOOD hardcover in VERY GOOD dust jacket, no marks in text, very clean exterior. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. pp: 176. The part of Winnipeg known as The Forks is an historically significance piece of land. For centuries it was part of a river route used by many Aboriginal nations. Once Europeans started to settle in what is now Canada, the same area was an important part of the fur trade routes. In this book, the pre-history, and more recent history of the area is presented in a written account and in illustrations. A very good copy in a dust jacket with light signs of wear mainly at the edges.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; light wear to corners and spine extremes; small closed tear upper front edge of dustjacket; otherwise very minimal wear; A history of The Forks, including the fascinating underlying geology of Winnipeg, with its sinkholes and underground caverns, and the role of The Forks as a continental crossroads.Beginning with the geology, paleontology and glacial history of The Forks and surrounding area and including chapters on the Aboriginal, fur trade, settlement and railroad histories, including the establishment of Winnipeg."The Forks Today" concludes with sections on the recent developments and events at the site.

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. pp. 176. Oblong 4to. Light blue boards with gilt lettering to the sppine. Replete with black-and-white, and colour maps, photographs, illustrations, portraits, facsimiles, et al. No detectable flaws, contents remain bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; fine and housed in very good+ lightly rubbed dustjacket. Overall, very good+ to near fine. Signed by three of the authors to the title page. (Peter St. John, Linda Fairfield, Frances Russell).

[1-896150-34-9] [2003]. (Oblong 4to hardcover) Fine in fine dust jacket. 176pp. Frontispiece, black and white and color photographs, black and white and color illustrations, maps, table, bibliography, chronology. Locale: ; Assiniboine River; Forks National Historic Site--Manitoba; Manitoba; Prairie Provinces; Western Canada. (Manitoba, Local History--Manitoba).