Sound heritage voices from British Columbia
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Voices of British Columbia presents the firsthand stories of the people with the courage, the dreams – and the plain stubbornness – to settle the Canadian frontier when it was still wild. These people talk candidly about the tragedy and the comedy, the good times and the rough times. Their authentic voices reveal what it was really like in those early days. Beginning with the legends and true stories of the native peoples, as well as the sagas of the early missionaries, this book tells tales all the way up to the lives and times of modern settlers on the frontier. This book is a collection of stories that appeared in BC’s oral history quarterly, Sound Heritage. |
| Author(s): | Saeko Usukawa |
| Document: | Book · Hardcover · CIRC [ 1 ] |
| Edition: | 1st Edition |
| Published: | 1984 |
| Physical Description: | 276 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm |
| Genre: | Biography |
| Notes: | "The stories ... in this book are among the best to appear in the Sound Heritage Series"--Jacket |
| Contents: | pt. I. Those Who Came Before. Legends and History of the Native Peoples: The Flood, A True Story ; How the Animals and Birds Got Their Names ; Underground Homes of the Lillooet ; How We the Native People Lived ; The Meeting of Captain Cook and Chief Maquinna ; Forming Tender Ties: Fur Trader Fred Thornberg Now You Are My Brother: Early Missionaries: The "Romantic" Missionary: Robert Tomlinson ; Indian Memories of Mission School ; Nursing Sisters pt. II. Settling the Frontier. Dreams of Freedom: Special Colonies : Into a Wild Country: Norwegians at Bella Coola ; No Paradise, No Utopia: Danes at Cape Scott ; Away from the Outside World: Finns at Sointula ; Toil and Peaceful Life: Doukhobors in the Kootenays Pioneer Lives and Times: Ranches on the Open Range ; Grow Fruit and Grow Rich ; Packing Along the Telegraph Trail ; In Search of Silver and Gold ; Andy Daney, a Rough and Ready Man ; Whatever the Weather: Red-Shirt Bill and the Royal Mail ; Free and Fearless: Children of the Backwoods ; Greenhorns, Mudpups and Remittance Men ; The Squire of Saltspring Island ; Dream Isle: Fred tibbs and His Castle ; Swiss Climbing Guides in the Rockies ; Expeditions to Mystery Mountain From Settlements to Cities: Victoria: A City of Mud and Dust ; Chinatown and the Chinese ; Chasing Cows and Chickens in the City ; Hobo Jungles and Hopping Freights ; Bootleggers and Gamblers in Hogan's Alley ; The Internment of the Japanese pt. III. Hopes High, Dollars Few, Working People. Men of the Forest: Those Days in the Woods ; Roughhouse Pete and Other Characters ; In and Out of Camp Down in the Coal Mines: "The Big Strike" of 1912 ; Sixteen Tons a Day Fishing the Seas: Gill netters on the Skeena ; Trolling off the West Coast ; Fighting for Labour: Hunger Marches, Relief Camps and the On-to-Ottawa Trek ; The "Bloody Sunday" of 1938 pt. IV. On Land, Over Water and Through the Air. Day of Steam: The Railways : The Glacier Slide ; Post Office on Wheels ; The CPR Motor Car on Rails Navigating the Coast: Swift Water: Upriver by Canoe and Riverboat ; Passengers and Freight of Every Description ; Navigating by Whistle and Echo ; The Life of a Lighthouse Keeper Flying Was in Our Blood: Early Aviation: The Spirit of Adventure ; Crash Landing ; Barnstorming to Make a Dollar ; Bush Pilots |
| Subjects: | Biographies, Biographies orales, Biography, British Columbia, British Columbia Biography, British Columbia History Sources, Colombie-Britannique Biographies, Colombie-Britannique Histoire Sources, Histoire orale, Histoires orales, History, Indians of North America, Indians of North America British Columbia History, Indiens (Habitants de l'Inde) Ame |
Circulation
Here are a list of places where this title can be found and the various formats it can be found in.
| Collection | Resource | Available | Edition | Published | Publisher |
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| The Cascade District: Encyclopedia Library | Book | Hardcover | 1st Edition | 1984 | Douglas & McIntyre, Vancouver, 1984 |
Last updated: 2024-06-25