Hudson's Bay Company (Dafoe, Christopher, ed. with Carol Preston, associate ed. and Alex Kachur et al) — The Beaver, Exploring Canada's History, April/May 1995

Winnipeg: Hudson's Bay Company, 1995. Periodical, 8.5 x 11 stapled wraps, illustrated throughout in black and white and colour with numerous photos, art, diagrams and maps, 56pp. Ships lettermail. Few light round (coffee cup?) marks to front cover else a very good or better copy (other copies of this issue may also be available). Cover: Detail from an illustration by Captain William Steele, said to show Commodore Yeo observing an action through his telescope in the War of 1812. Contents of this issue include: Christopher Dafoe:Annals of The Beaver; War on Lake Ontario - A costly victory at Oswego, 1814 by Robert Malcomson; Rescue Mission - Canadian soldiers and airmen in an arctic ordeal by Hugh Halliday; Quebec and Conscription - The death of Ernest Lapointe and a fateful change of policy by John MacFarlane; Mysterious Deaths at Onion Lake - Two union men went missing. Was it murder? by Laurel Sefton MacDowell; Reflections on the North, From the Beaver, December 1936 by Stephen Leacock; Christopher Moore on Multiculturalism; plus Book Reviews. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.