Author: Alexander Muir. Edited by George A. Mackenzie. Published by Aberdeen University Press, Aberdeen, Scotland, 1990, 1st Edition. Like New Condition SOFTCOVER Book. 131 pages.
FROM ABERDEEN TO OTTAWA in 1845, is the story of Alexander Muir, a middle-aged Aberdeen lawyer, who set off on a journey to Canada - to visit relatives and perhaps add a taste of adventure to an otherwise quiet life.
Muir kept a diary (published here for the first time) that developed into a detailed journal providing fascinating accounts of an Atlantic crossing under sail, of travel in Canada by steamship and canoe, and of Canada and its people and settlements. This lovely illustrated edition published by the Aberdeen University Press takes you back in time.
