McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, 1983, 1^st Canadian ed/pr.  ISBN 0-7710-4258-2.  Hard cover, 362 pages.  Very good; light edge corner and spine end wear; sound binding; bit of foxing on top page block.  Dust jacket with price intact shows edge and cover wear, some soil and small stains, sticker ghosts, spine darkened.  Tiny tears at spine ends and lower rear corner, small punctures on spine; tear on front panel repaired on verso.  Book interior clean and unmark; black & white illustrations by the author.  ‘In 1803, the New England trading ship Boston put in at the Nootkan village of the Eagle House on the Canadian Pacific coast.  Its purpose was to replenish provisions and to barter guns, knives, and trinkets for valuable sea otter pelts and, incidentally, to obtain the sexual services of the young women.  A group of rebellious Indian youths, infuriated by the arrogance and disdain of the white men, carried out a violent plan to massacre the crew and plunder the ship.  Surviving the slaughter were Jewitt, the appealing and skillful ironsmith, and Thompson, the dour sailmaker.  Eagle Song is the turbulent tale of their two-year captivity … seen through the eyes of Siam, a Nootkan nobleman.  … Eagle Song was suggested by the brief memoirs of John Jewitt.’ (from front flap)