Vancouver - first US edition

by David Cruise and Alison Griffiths

(signed by both authors)

Beginning in the dying era of the last Ice Age, Vancouver unfolds with the story of Tooke, the last survivor of a Siberian people and ancestor to the first nations of Vancouver. Moving through history in a rich, ever-expanding tapestry, Vancouver reveals a fascinating cast of characters. Long before recorded history, a young girl faces the terrifying prospect of marriage into a faraway tribe. Hundreds of years later, a Georgian cartographer aboard a Spanish exploration fleet nearly meets his end at the hands of her descendants. In the passing of the next centuries, a Scottish trapper becomes the reluctant leader of a fur-trading outpost on Vancouver's shores, and a Chinese peasant boy seeks an elusive fortune.

Book has tan boards and is 1/4 bound in brown cloth; Signed by both authors on the title page; 756 pages with dimensions (in inches) of 1.76 x 9.32 x 6.40.

Jacket is fine, price-intact at $29.95, now in mylar.