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The Frontier World of Edgar Dewdney

By (author) Brian Titley
Categories: History of the Americas, History, History and Archaeology, Canada, North America (USA and Canada), The Americas, Place qualifiers
Publisher: UBC Press
Hardcover : 9780774807302, 182 pages, October 1999
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Table of contents

1. The Trailblazer

2. The Politician

3. Indian Commissioner

4. Rebellion

5. Lieutenant-Governor

6. Minister of the Interior

7. Semi-Retirement

8. Conclusion

Bibliography

Notes

Index

Description

The Frontier World of Edgar Dewdney is a biography of a man
who played a key role in the events which marked the political, social,
and economic transformation of western Canada in the latter half of the
nineteenth century.   An immigrant adventurer seeking his fortune
in the colonies, Dewdney was embroiled in the gold rushes of the 1860s,
the B. C. debates on Confederation, the Riel Rebellion of 1885,
political evolution in the North-West Territories, and the Klondike
gold rush. In following his exploits, we follow the story of a region
experiencing breathtaking change.