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Old Square Toes & His Lady :Douglas
by John D Adams  Publisher Comments At the pinnacle of his career, Sir James Douglas, fur trader and colonial governor, was knighted by order of Queen Victoria. Considering his modest beginnings as a mixed-race baby in South America, this lofty status was remarkable....
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The Rancher Takes a Wife
by Richmond Hobson Synopsis Three cowhands with a dream of owning a cattle ranch make a heroic pioneer trek across uncharted montain ranges to open up the frontier grasslands in northern British Columbia during the early 1930s....
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Desolation Sound: A History
by Heather Harbord Synopsis Beautiful Desolation Sound, 150 km north of Vancouver, has for many years been the most popular cruising destination on the BC coast, but is today almost as devoid of local occupants as it was in 1792 when the dyspeptic Captain George Vancouver gave it...
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Following the Boulder Train: Travels with Prospectors and Rock Doctors
by Tom Henry Synopsis Mining is BC's second largest industry but you'd never know it to visit any BC bookstore. Books on logging, fishing, and tourism are there in abundance, but the subject of mining is practically untouched. As Tom Henry proves beyond a doubt in this lively...
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Secret Coastline
by Andrew Scott Synopsis The coastline of British Columbia is a trove of hidden treasures. Join author Andrew Scott on his journey to reveal and celebrate some of these well-kept secrets. Traveling by kayak, coastal freighter, ferry and mission boat, Scott visits coves and...
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Far West: The Story of British Columbia
by Daniel Francis Synopsis A highly illustrated fact-filled book of British Columbia's history told by award-winning writer and historian Daniel Francis for young readers age 9 and up....
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People, Fish and Whales: The Vancouver Aquarium Story
by Murray A. Newman Synopsis When it opened in 1956, the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre was the first public aquarium to be built in Canada. When the first curator ordered some small clownfish and blue damselfish from an aquarium hobby store in Oakland, California, the...
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Salmon
by Geoff Meggs Publisher Comments Salmon: The Decline of the British Columbia Fishery is about both the fishery and the resource, as the one depends on the other. And that story — from the beginnings of the industry with the export of salted salmon in the 1830s and the canning for...
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Wildfire in the Wilderness
by Chris Czajkowski Synopsis This latest book from Chris Czajkowski's spectacular corner of the world is another engrossing account of life in her wilderness. She regales the reader with stories of shimmering mountain peaks, roaring snow-fed creeks, bears, eagles and monstrous...
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Crooked River Rats
by Bernard Mckay Publisher Comments Drift back in history to a time when the rivermen still plied their trade throughout the northern rivers of British Coumbia. Crooked River Rats tells the tales of the men and women who traveled the river highways living and working in the wilderness...
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The Way We Were: BC's Amazing Journey to the Year 2000
by Province Synopsis < I> The Way We Were< /I> is BC history in its most surprising, delightful, thought-provoking form.< br> < br> A #1 BC Bestseller!...
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Ancient Landscapes of British Columbia
by Heather Doughty Synopsis This stunning photographic portrait features the threatened wilderness areas in B.C. It includes interviews, personal anecdotes, aboriginal legends and excerpts from explorers' journals....
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Salt Spring: The Story of an Island
by Charles Kahn Synopsis The largest of BC's southern Gulf Islands, beautiful Salt Spring Island has long been a favoured holiday destination and a prized real-estate area for those in search of an idyllic rural residence. Now available in trade paper, Salt Spring: The Story of...
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Writing in the Rain
by Howard White Publisher Comments Raincoast Chronicles, Spilsbury's Coast, The Accidental Airline, A Hard Man to Beat, The Men There Were Then, . . and now another one to top off the list. Writing in the Rain features the same fascination with British Columbia and the same ability to...
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Commerce of the Prairies: Life on the Great Plains in the 1830's and 1840's
by Josiah Gregg Publisher Comments Gregg crossed and recrossed the Great Plains four times as a trader, frontiersman and trail-blazer in the 1830's and 40's. His epic account of early Santa Fe trade has been used as a guide by historians, naturalists and sociologists because of its...
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Spilsbury's Coast: Pioneer Years in the Wet West (Spilsbury Saga)
by Jim Spilsbury Publisher Comments When Jim Spilsbury, B.C's most famous pioneer entrepreneur, teams up with master storyteller and literary craftsman Howard White, the result is a spell-binding romp up and down British Columbia's rugged coast; eighty years of fascinating anecdotes and...
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Diary of a Wilderness Dweller
by Chris Czajkowski Publisher Comments At once a riveting adventure story and a testament to one woman's resourcefulness, Nuk Tessli is also a heartfelt elegy to the true wilderness and a cry for it's sensible use....
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In the Service of the Crown
by Raymond Eagle Publisher Comments The remarkable story of the career of Budge Bell-Irving, who rose to prominence and public recognition during World War II as the commander of the Seaforth Highlanders and the Loyal Edmonton regiments and went on to become the lieutenant-governor of...
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Pepper in Our Eyes: The APEC Affair
by W Wesley Pue Synopsis In November 1997, the world media converged on Canada to cover a meeting of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation in Vancouver. A student protest met unusually strong police response. Among many others, a news cameraman was pepper-sprayed by an irate...
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Raincoast Chronicles 13 (Raincoast Chronicles)
by Howard White Synopsis Cortes Island, Chilcotin War, basketmaking, "How I Got the Dump Job" and much more.Cortes Island, Chilcotin War, basketmaking, "How I Got the Dump Job" and much more....
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