North Star of Herschel Island - The Last Canadian Arctic Fur Trading Ship. Tapa blanda - 2012

FriesenPress, 2012. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Friesen Pr. Used - Very Good.

Victoria BC Canada: Friesen Press, 2012. Paperback. Very Good. 481 pages. a few small smudges to covers. "The ture story of the last Canadian sailing ship involved in Canada's Arctic fur trade." ; 6 x 9

Friesenpress. Fine. 2012. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. 146020557X . Stiff square book in glossy covers. Flatsigned by the author on the title page; 152 X 28.07 X 229 millimeters; 496 pages; In 1935, at the height of the Great Depression, two Canadian Inuit fur trappers ordered the largest private sailing ship ever delivered to be used in transporting their annual catch of fur to Herschel Island on the MacKenzie Delta in exchange for the supplies that they needed to survive another winter hundreds of miles north of the Arctic Circle. Three times she did not make it into port in time and was frozen solid into the ice. This is the story of one of the most historic ships in Canada, who under three owners faced many challenges including; holding land at the entrance of the fabled NorthWest Passage to protect Canadian Arctic Sovereignty, was used in sail-training for Inuit, surveyed the controversial B. C. /Alaska border and was chartered to search for mermaids off of the Aleutian… Leer más

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Victoria: FriesenPress, 2012. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. viii, 481pp., index, appendix, biblio., notes, photos. .

Friesenpress, 2012. Stated First edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. No markings or inscriptions. Text clean. Binding tight and square. Spine uncreased. Inscribed by author.