A RECORD OF A TRIP THROUGH CANADA'S WILDERNESS TO LAKE CHIBOGAMOO AND TO THE GREAT LAKE MISTASSINI IN THE SUMMER OF 1906.

Published by New York: Privately printed, 1907.

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Seller: William Reese Company, New York, NY, U.S.A.William Reese Company

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Presentation copy to Henry E. Pierrepont [Jr.] (1845-1911), with a letter from the author tipped in endorsing the benefits of "out-of-door living" and with Pauli's manuscript inscription on the front free endpaper. It is not clear what relationship Pauli and Pierrepont had, and whether Pauli was an investor in Chibougamau mines, hoping to enlist Pierrepont. Pierrepont subsequently gifted this copy to the Long Island Historical Society, as noted on their bookplate on the front pastedown. Frederick Pauli (d.1936) wrote this pamphlet as a travel guide for the Quebec wilderness, but perhaps more importantly as a survey of the new mining fields opening around Lake Chibougamau and the Gouin Peninsula, following discoveries of asbestos, copper, iron, and gold made by Peter McKenzie in 1903. Gold fever was strong for several years and Canadian mining officials lobbied for a railroad, or even a road, but the region was simply too remote; access was finally completed in the 1950s with the exploitation of copper. Pauli details his trip, his local guides, and the supplies they took on their month-long trip, accompanied by numerous photographs. He also provides best advice for backwoods cooking, fishing, bathing, and the like. Privately printed in a small edition, and quite uncommon in the market. "A rare work" - Heller. An intriguing view of the second Quebecois gold rush. PHILLIPS, SPORTING BOOKS, p.289. HELLER 589. Original printed green wrappers bound into contemporary half burgundy cloth and marbled boards, spine gilt. Boards rubbed, spine ends chipped. Bookplate on front pastedown, embossed stamps of Long Island Historical Society to titlepage and p.61, deaccession stamp of Brooklyn Historical Society on titlepage verso. Several closed tears along map folds, but overall very good.…

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Title
A RECORD OF A TRIP THROUGH CANADA'S WILDERNESS TO LAKE CHIBOGAMOO AND TO THE GREAT LAKE MISTASSINI IN THE SUMMER OF 1906.
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Pauli, Frederick G.:
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New York: Privately printed, 1907.
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