Author: David Williams HigginsPublisher: Toronto, William Briggs
ISBN:
Category : British Columbia
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
The Passing of a Race and More Tales of Western Life
Author: David Williams HigginsPublisher: Toronto, William Briggs
ISBN:
Category : British Columbia
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Passing
Author: Nella LarsenPublisher: Alien Ebooks
ISBN: 166762265X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
Harlem Renaissance author Nella Larsen (1891 –1964) published just two novels and three short stories in her lifetime, but achieved lasting literary acclaim. Her classic novel Passing first appeared in 1926.
Between Heaven and Balmoral
Author: Robert Ratcliffe TaylorPublisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1039184545
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
In 1860, Cary Castle was built by George Hunter Cary in Victoria, the bustling Gold Rush capital of Vancouver Island. Cary was the brilliant “Boy Attorney-General,” unethical, unpopular and mentally disturbed—one of the colony’s vivid early characters. In 1865 Governor Arthur Kennedy forced the parsimonious Legislative Assembly to purchase the mansion as Vancouver Island’s Government House. After 1871, it became the vice-regal residence of the new province of British Columbia which it remained until it burned down in 1899. Defectively built and uncomfortable to live in, prone to drafts, fires and water leakage, it nevertheless reflected the character and heritage of Victoria and played an important role in the history of the province and Canada. The venue of elegant social events, as well as personal dramas, the mansion hosted British royalty, governors general, naval officers and local political leaders, and could have become a Canadian historic site. Cary Castle was also a family home for vice-regal couples where babies were born, boys slid down the bannister in the main hall, nasty diseases were endured and the Chinese “help’ was indispensable. Based on personal memoirs and letters, government documents, newspaper articles, photographs and plans, this book recreates how that idiosyncratic mansion looked and even smelled. Professor Martin Segger described Dr. Taylor’s earlier study, The Birdcages. British Columbia’s First Legislative Buildings (Friesen, 2020), as “a significant contribution, [with] fascinating detail, [and] a highly readable writing style.” (Ormsby Review, April 22, 2020) Between Heaven and Balmoral expands the picture of colonial Victoria developed in The Birdcages and will appeal to readers interested in Victoria’s history, especially its early social and architectural development.
On the Edge of Empire
Author: Adele PerryPublisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 9780802083364
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Perry examines the efforts of a loosely connected group of reformers to transform a colonial environment into one that more closely adhered to the practices of respectable, middle-class European society.
Ghosts
Author: Robert C. BelykPublisher: TouchWood Editions
ISBN: 1926971183
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
The famous Victoria ghost who appeared to a tour group listening to her story, the little boy playing with a red ball in Nanaimo, the phantom “helper” in a restaurant kitchen – these are among the true stories in Robert Belyk’s new Ghosts. Encounters with entities from a different reality do occur in the rational, modern world; the experiences collected here range from the colonial days to the year 2000. Many ghosts haunt private houses, but some are associated with public places and buildings, such as Beacon Hill Park in Victoria, the Vancouver General Hospital and the Qualicum Heritage Inn on Vancouver Island. Ghosts: True Tales of Eerie Encounters is an expanded and updated collection of stories , some of which first appeared in Ghosts: True Stories from British Columbia.
Pacific Northwest Americana
Author: Charles Wesley SmithPublisher: New York : H.W. Wilson
ISBN:
Category : Northwest, Pacific
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
The Canadian Magazine
Author: Vancouver Island Scoundrels, Eccentrics and Originals
Author: Stephen RuttanPublisher: TouchWood Editions
ISBN: 1771510730
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Found on the history shelves of the Greater Victoria Public Library, these twenty true stories are brought to life by Stephen Ruttan. They draw a picture of the life of a city with a recent past that's both unconventional and colourful. From Miss Wilson and her famous parrot, Louis, to Jimmy Chicken Island, named after a man who acquired his surname from his habit of stealing chickens, to the Pig War, when Britain and the United States nearly came to blows over the San Juan Islands, to the rise and fall of Francis Rattenbury, one of Victoria’s best-known architects, these stories reveal a lively history of a West Coast capital city. Archival illustrations, newspaper clippings, and modern photos help make Vancouver Island Scoundrels, Eccentrics and Originals a delightful and illluminating read.
Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy
Author: David KettererPublisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253331229
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
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