Douglas of the Forests: The North American Journals of David Douglas

This edited and abridged version deals principally with Douglas's second expedition to what are now the States of Oregon and Washington and the Province of British Columbia in the years 1824-27. In the whole of that vast territory there were not more than 400 Europeans, almost all of whom were engaged in the fur trade, and Douglas's account of his travels is full of interest to naturalists and historians and gives a marvelous picture of what life was like in the huge wilderness before the primeval forest was exploited. He endured much and recorded some extraordinary adventures and achievements. He was the first man to climb one of the peaks of the Canadian Rockies, and the first man to climb the Blue Mountains and Mount Roa in Hawaii. 191 pages plus bibliography.