The uplifting and often humourous story of one woman's life in the raw wilderness. The author describes her experiences as she builds a cabin in the wilderness and relates the complications of the "simple life" - how she...
Frontier and pioneer life--British Columbia
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Author:Boudreau, JackSummary:In the backwoods of British Columbia, Boudreau tells of adventures gone awry, bizarre encounters with creatures in the wilds, and the results of friendships gone sour. When men went missing, or furs were stolen, it was often up to the...
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Author:Hume, StephenSummary:From hospitals to dance halls, from the classroom to the cannery, this insightful history examines indigenous and immigrant women's positions in the workplace, home and wilderness. Unforgettable stories of women surviving in the...
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Author:Bridge, Kathryn AnneSummary:Four nineteenth century women, Florence Agassiz, Eleanor Fellows, Violet Sillitoe and Helen Kate Woods lived and traveled in British Columbia very much as a minority - white and female. Bridge looks at each of these pioneering women,...
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Author:Czajkowski, ChrisSummary:In 1988, Chris Czajkowski walked into British Columbia's Central Coast Mountains to build a homestead, a business, and a life. In her journal, she describes the seasonal transformation with her trademark expressiveness; each day...
