The Vancouver Island Book of Everything: Everything You Wanted to Know About Vancouver Island and Were Going to Ask Anyway by Peter Grant
From Hudson's Bay outpost to gold rush fever and coal and lumber barons to political scandals Island-style to the mighty Douglas fir and Pacific salmon and profiles of Emily Carr, Cougar Annie and the Dunsmuir clan, no book is more comprehensive than the Vancouver Island Book of Everything. No book is more fun!
Well-known Islanders weigh in on their favourite things about Vancouver Island. Robert Bateman shares his five most inspiring island locales; Michael Halleran tells us the five graves you simply must visit at Ross Bay Cemetery; Ian Vantreight tells us his five Island weather complaints; history teacher and Vancouver Island digital archive editor Patrick Dunae gives us his five essential Vancouver Island reads; professor Barbara Helem Whittington gives us her five favorite memories of growing up on the island. From politics to the country's best weather to the origins behind place names, Island slang, serial killers and the First People...it's all here!
Whether you are a lifelong resident or visiting for the first time, there's no more complete book about Vancouver Island. If you love Vancouver Island, you'll love the Vancouver Island Book of Everything!
"This book is a gem. It is packed full of literally everything. The three Vancouver Island writers managed to collaborate on what is likely to become an Island favourite." —Sooke News Mirror
Publisher : MacIntyre Purcell Publishing, Inc; 2008
Language : English
Softcover : 208 pages
ISBN-10 : 0978478487
ISBN-13 : 978-0978478483
Item Weight : 499 g
Dimensions : 12.7 x 1.27 x 17.78 cm
As new condition
Out of print
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