Advocate for the North: Judge John Parker His Life and Times in the NORTHWEST TERRITORIES

by Frank Wade

Told through the life and experiences of Judge John Parker, this book is about the Indians and the Inuit of the territories, English explorers, the RCMP, the religious missions and white settlers, trappers, prospectors, miners and government administrators in far-off Ottawa. It tells of the Yellowknife Gold Rush (as interesting as the Yukon's and little known), bonanza and fiasco gold mines, mining stock gyrations, tragic aboriginal murder cases,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1412042437
• ISBN13: 9781412042437
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.3" x 11.0"