Color photographs of the San Juan Islands of Washington State are accompanied by a brief discussion of the islands' culture

The San Juan Islands

Travel

NEERING, Rosemary

Caribbean

Skyline Pr

From the Publisher Travelers, adventures, and rebels, these aren't the women who built the west. Not nurses or teachers or crusaders for women's rights, they rarely show up in history books. They are a different breed of women. Adventurous and rebellious, they strayed outside the permitted and undertook the unexpected. Most of the women who came to the west coast of Canada between the time of the gold rush and the 1940's settled in Vancouver or Victoria, or in the growing towns in the interior valleys. Out beyond the cities, a different world existed. Imaginative, determined, often raucous and somewhat raunchy, women in the wilds did what they wanted to do. They ran trap lines, hotels and bawdy houses, prospected for gold, lived in the wilderness, and married as many times as they wanted or not at all. They lived in an era informed by Victorian expectations of what women should do and who she should be. These are stories of the strength, in dependence and sheer determination of amazing individuals who lived a life that challenged the rules most women lived by.There are the rebels who challenged conventions that dictated how women should behave in an earlier time.

Wild West Women: Travellers, Adventurers and Rebels

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

Bristol Park Books

Exploring Our World: Other People, other Lands

USUKAWA, Saeko

WOOD, Wilma

Douglas & McIntyre (Educational)

Photographer Russ Heinl and thirty contributing photographers provide a superb collection of aerial photographs that displays Canada from a unique perspective. In OVER CANADA familiar icons of the Canadian landscape are depicted in unusual ways, creating unfamiliar images that can only be seen from the air. Every region of the country is explored, from the stark beauty of the North, to the striking patterns of muskeg and river delta, to the vibrant colors of sandstone cliffs and alpine lakes. This book truly captures the essence of the Canadian landscape.

Over Canada: An Aerial Adventure

Arts & Photography

Obee, Bruce

Photography & Video

Beautiful British Columbia magazine

Heinl, Russ

Pictorial

Beautiful British Columbia

Continental Dash: The Russian-American Telegraph

In the 1860s, Americans, Russians and Canadians struggled with starvation, rugged terrain and sub-Arctic winters to connect the continents by telegraphthe world's largest building project at that time. The hundreds of miles of telegraph line built in Canada operated for 113 years. Continental Dash tells the remarkable story for the first time from the standpoint of the workers.

Science & Math

Touchwood Ed

Louis Riel has been described as a "saint, sinner, rebel, hero, prophet, madman and traitor." It is no more clear today than it was during his lifetime which of these labels is closest to the truth.The Metis leader was educated in Montreal, but an itch for political involvement brought him back to his home in Red River. In 1870 he led a takeover of Fort Garry in protest against the sale of Red River to the Canadian government. The execution of Thomas Scott by Riel's Provisional Government caught Ottawa's attention, and Red River was given provincial status. Despite this political victory, Riel had to leave the country, in fear for his life. Feelings against him ran so high in the East that he had to be smuggled into Parliament even when duly elected by the people of Manitoba. Riel suffered from mental illness after the 1870 Rebellion and spent some time in an asylum. He exiled himself to a Metis settlement in Montana, where he taught school, until Gabriel Dumont persuaded him to come back to red River in 1884. The 1885 Rebellion against the Ottawa government proved unsuccessful. The Metis forces were soundly defeated by Canadian troops. Riel was captured and accused of treason. His trial and subsequent execution split the country along racial and religious lines. Historian Rosemary Neering's vivid account brings to life the story of Riel's contradictory character, colorful times, and lasting influence.

Louis Riel (The Canadians)

Fitzhenry and Whiteside

In the Path of the Explorers: Tracing the Expeditions of Vancouver, Cook, Mackenzy, Frasier, Thompson

Whitecap Books Ltd.

Travel back in time into the history of British Columbia. Explore gold rush towns, old wagon routes, and dramatic railway lines carved into mountain ranges. Along the way, you will discover the stories of the places and people who have had an important parting shaping the province. With Rosemary Neering as your guide, you can find hidden treasures from the Gulf Islands and Victoria all the way to Fort St. John.

A Traveller's Guide to Historic British Columbia

History

Americas

British Columbia

Canada

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