Cherrington john a (3 Ergebnisse)

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Hardback. Zustand: Good. One of the world's most fertile agricultural regions, the Fraser Valley is in the midst of explosive change from the pressures of technology and urbanization. The author follows the Valley's history from the eighteenth century when Stalo natives were constantly on guard against visits from raiding Yacultas, through the Victorian era, when waves of settlers fought harsh winters, floods and mosquitoes to build a new community in the Valley, to the twentieth century, when the depredations of two world wars and the impact of the automobile changed the Valley forever. Throughout, Cherrington reminds us that beneath the serene, increasingly urbanized surface of the Fraser Valley, there is a turbulent past of Sasquatches and steamships, fur traders and fishermen, priests and prospectors - a recent past that, in an era of freeways and microchips, seems increasingly remote.…

Hardcover. Zustand: VG+. Hardback in Very Good+ condition with Very Good+ dust jacket. 8.82 X 1.11 X 11.2 inches. 392 pages. Nice, tight volume with sharp corners and only mild shelf wear. Dust jacket has minor wear with a small chip and a short closed tear at the bottom of front panel. Quick shipping, excellent customer service. All books carefully packaged in boxes and ship with tracking information.…