White slaves of Maquinna : John R. Jewitt's narrative of capture and confinement at Nootka
Record details
- ISBN: 1894384024 (paperback)
- ISBN: 9781894384025 (paperback)
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Physical Description:
191 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm
regular print
print - Publisher: Victoria : Heritage, 2000.
- Copyright: ©2000.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Previous ed. has title: White slaves of the Nootka. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Subject: | Captivity narratives -- British Columbia -- Vancouver Island Nootka Jewitt, John R, (John Rodgers) -- 1783-1821 |
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- 0 of 0 copies available at Prince Rupert Library.
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Summary:
"John R. Jewitt’s story of being captured and enslaved by Maquinna, the great chief of the Mowachaht people, is both an adventure tale of survival and an unusual perspective on the First Nations of the northwest coast of Vancouver Island."