Boom & Bust
The Resilient Women of Historic Telegraph Cove
Received Honourable Mention for the 2019 Lieutenant Governor's Medal for Historical WritingTelegraph Cove, one of Vancouver Island's most visited tourist destinations, has humble origins as a one-shack telegraph station, established a century ago. The community grew, first with a salmon saltery and sawmill, then with new industries developed by the ingenuity of the Cove's inhabitants. From the 1920s, Irish, Chinese, Japanese, German, Danish, Italian, and English community members, along with other old and new Canadians, were neighbours in a place accessible only by boat. In this book, more than 25 women tell their own stories and memories of…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-77151-299-2
- EAN: 9781771512992
- Produktnummer: 32978670
- Verlag: Touchwood Editions
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 368 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 8'294 KB
Über den Autor
Jennifer L. Butler has been a sound engineer, school teacher, swing dancer, theatre buff, caterer, and wordsmith on many platforms, including technical writing for the Canadian academic research community and blogging her travel adventures. She lives in Vancouver surrounded by an overgrown collection of plants and books, plotting her next escape.
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