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Good. Minimal signs of wear. Corners and cover may show wear. May contain highlighting and or writing. May be missing dust jacket. May not include supplemental materials. May be a former library book.
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As new in as new jacket. An as new, stated first edition in an as new dust jacket. Fine. xx, 641 pages: illustrations, maps. Octavo. From the private collection of noted attorney, sailor, and sometime cowboy, Joshua L. Soske Jr. "This biography of Dr. John McLoughlin (1784-1857) illuminates the enigmatic man now called the father of Oregon. As head of the Hudson Bay Company's Fort Vancouver and later as a US citizen, McLoughlin aided Oregon Trail settlers, but the British company and some settlers proved unappreciative. The book includes a rare daguerreotype of McLoughlin, maps, and other illustrations from both US and Canadian collections."-Publisher's website TOC: Prologue: The House Canada Chapter 1. Quebec 1. The Litigious Frasers, 1746-1778 2. Across the St. Lawrence, 1778-1798 3. A Very Young Doctor, 1798-1803 4. To the Fur Country, 1803 Chapter 2. Lords of the Lakes and Forests 1. The Fur Companies, 1600-1803 2. Fort Kaministiquia, 1803 3. An Apprentice Again, 1803-1808 4. Brother David, 1808-1811 5. Physician-Clerk, 1808-1814 Chapter 3. The Great Fur War 1. The Honourable Company, 1670-1812 2. Lord Selkirk's Colony, 1803-1815 3. The Battle of Seven Oaks, 1815-1816 4. The Storming of Fort William, 1815-1818 5. The End of an Era, 1819-1821 6. Coalition, 1821-1824 The Pacific Northwest Chapter 4. To the Columbia 1. John Jacob Astor's Company, 1810-1824 2. Over the Stony Mountains, 1824 3. Winter at Fort George, 1824-1825 Chapter 5. The Early Years 1. Up the River, 1825 2. The First Fort Vancouver, 1825-1828 3. The Snake Brigade, 1825-1829 4. Ships and Their Captains, 1825-1828 5. Establishing Peace, 1828-1829 Chapter 6. The Second Fort Vancouver 1. The Grand Emporium, 1825-1829 2. An Immensity of Trouble, 1829-1830 3. The Intermittent Fever, 1830-1832 4. Moving North, 1829-1834 5. My Son John, 1825-1834 Chapter 7. The End of Isolation 1. The Boston Ice Man, 1832-1836 2. The Macedonian Cry, 1834-1840 3. The Reverend Beaver, 1836-1838 4. Bonneville, Kelley, and Young, 1834-1836 5. The Willamette Cattle Company, 1836-1838 6. Sails and Steam, 1834-1838 7. Daughters and Sons, 1832-1838 Oregon Chapter 8. The Winds of Change 1. McLoughlin in England, 1838-1839 2. Reaching Out, 1839-1840 3. "The Germe of a Great State, " 1838-1840 4. The Stirring of Government, 1841 5. An American Lieutenant, 1841 6. Golden California, 1839-1841 Chapter 9. Stikine 1. Upheaval, 1841-1842 2. Oahu, 1842 3. A Rack to One's Feeling, 1842-1843 Chapter 10. The American Dream. 1. Williamette Valley, 1842 2. The Wolf Meetings, 1842-1843 3. Champoeg, 1843 4. The Provisional Government, 1843 5. The First Great Immigration, 1843 6. The Oregon City Land Claim, 1829-1844 Chapter 11. The Fall 1. On His Own, 1844-1845 2. Yerba Buena, 1841-1845 3. Joining Hands, 1845 4. The Trap, 1845 Chapter 12. The City Beside the Falls 1. Starting Over, 1846-1847 2. The Boundary Treaty, 1846-1847 3. An American Citizen, 1847-1849 4. The Companionship of Adders, 1849-1851 5. A Dieu, 1850-1857 6. Last Things.
