THE SALMON KING OF OREGON: R.D. HUME AND THE PACIFIC FISHERIES. By Gordon B. Dodds.

Published by The University of North Carolina Press. Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 1959

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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1959). 1959 1st edition. 8vo (143 x 222mm). Ppxiv,257. B/w illustrations, map, bibliogrpahy. Dark grey cloth, spine titled in gilt. Ex library, usual faults but clean reading copy. Lacks dust-wrapper. "This study attempt to fill some gaps in american economic history. The activities of the frontier capitalist and the businessman-conservationist, although not unfamiliar to American historians, desserve greater attention than they have received. More specifically, their roles in developing the salmon-canning industry of the Northwest have been neglected. The career of Robert Denniston Hume on the Rogue River frontier of southwestern Oregon illustrates some of thesse overlooked aspects of nineteenth-century United States history." Chapters include: From Maine to California; Rogue River salmon; The Curry County domain; The monopoly invaded; Politician; Trials of a hatcheryman; Attempts to influence public opinion; Attempts to expand the empire; The King of the Rogue; Man and times. .

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Title
THE SALMON KING OF OREGON: R.D. HUME AND THE PACIFIC FISHERIES. By Gordon B. Dodds.
Author
Dodds (Gordon B.).
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press. Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 1959
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Hardcover
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1st Edition

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PAUL MORGAN IS A LEADING DEALER in scarce, out-of-print & new books on fishing and field sports. Paul has developed this business over more than forty years. His business, Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd., carries the world's largest range of books on fishing and field sports, sporting guns and dogs, deer, big game hunting & falconry. Coch-y-Bonddu Books is also a noted publisher of fine sporting works, as well as being the custodian of the famous Flyfisher's Classic Library imprint. Under Paul's editorial direction, the list of titles available under both his Coch-y- Bonddu Books imprint and the Flyfisher's Classic Library imprint grows by the month. Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd., incorporated in the United Kingdom, Company No. 04636991. Registered address: 15 Heol Penrallt, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8AG. Business and correspondence Address: 13 Heol Pentrerhedyn, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8DG.

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