Some Reminiscences of old Victoria

Some Reminiscences of old Victoria PDF Author: Edgar Fawcett
Publisher: Litres
ISBN: 5040829949
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 316

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Some Reminiscences of old Victoria

Some Reminiscences of old Victoria PDF Author: Edgar Fawcett
Publisher: Litres
ISBN: 5040829949
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 316

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Some Reminiscences of Old Victoria

Some Reminiscences of Old Victoria PDF Author: Edgar Fawcett
Publisher:
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Category : Victoria (B.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 348

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Some Reminiscenses of Old Victoria

Some Reminiscenses of Old Victoria PDF Author: Edgar Fawcett
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752373679
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210

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Reproduction of the original: Some Reminiscenses of Old Victoria by Edgar Fawcett

To the Charlottes

To the Charlottes PDF Author: George Mercer Dawson
Publisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 9780774804158
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 246

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Details geologist Dawson's 1878 exploration of the Queen Charlotte Islands. The editors have extracted comments from his journals on this area and have appended a separate report of Dawson's on the ethnology of the Native people living in the region. Includes 25 photos by Dawson. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The Reminiscences of Doctor John Sebastian Helmcken

The Reminiscences of Doctor John Sebastian Helmcken PDF Author: Dorothy Blakey-Smith
Publisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 0774841613
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 431

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Born and brought up in Whitechapel, John Sebastian Helmcken worked his way through apprenticeships as a chemist and a medical pupil before gaining admission to Guy's Hospital to complete his training. The accounts he gives of working class family life and of the great economic and social disadvantages he had to confront in order to become a doctor make this volume of memoirs not only a valuable historical document, but also an autobiography with considerable human interest.

City in Colour

City in Colour PDF Author: May Q. Wong
Publisher: TouchWood Editions
ISBN: 1771512865
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 226

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A timely, intriguing collection of the overlooked stories of Victoria’s pioneers, trailblazers, and community builders who were also diverse people of colour. Often described as “more English than the English,” the city of Victoria has a much more ethnically diverse background than historical record and current literature reveal. Significant contributions were made by many people of colour with fascinating stories, including: the Kanaka, or Hawaiian Islanders, who constructed Fort Victoria, and members of the Kanaka community such as Maria Mahoi and William Naukana three Metis matriarchs—Amelia Connolly Douglas, Josette Legacé Work, and Isabelle M. Mainville Ross the Victoria Voltigeurs, the earliest police presence in the Colony of Vancouver Island, and who were primarily men of colour Grafton Tyler Brown, now known in the United States as one of the first and best African American artists of the American West Manzo Nagano, Canada’s first recorded immigrant from Japan and many more With information about various cultural communities in early Victoria and significant dates, May Wong’s City in Colour is a collection of fascinating stories of unsung characters whose stories are at the heart of Victoria’s history.

The Remarkable Carlo Gentile

The Remarkable Carlo Gentile PDF Author: Cesare Rosario Marino
Publisher: Carl Mautz Publishing
ISBN: 9781887694148
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 128

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Carlo Gentile was born in Naples, Italy and arrived in 1863 as a young man in Vancouver, B.C., where he photographed the Indians and mining activity. By 1867, Gentile had studios in California, and by 1868 he was photographing throughout Arizona and New Mexico. From 1874 to 1885, he operated a studio in Chicago, where for a time, he was the photographer for Buffalo Bill's first Wild West Show.

Review of Historical Publications Relating to Canada

Review of Historical Publications Relating to Canada PDF Author: George McKinnon Wrong
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Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 264

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The 1st volume (1896) includes important publications of 1895.

Review of historical publications relating to Canada

Review of historical publications relating to Canada PDF Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 264

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Old Square-Toes and His Lady

Old Square-Toes and His Lady PDF Author: John David Adams
Publisher: TouchWood Editions
ISBN: 192697171X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 258

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August 12, 2003, marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Sir James Douglas. Although he played an integral role in British Columbia's history, in many ways Douglas remains misunderstood and an enigma. He is known for his contradictory qualities -- he was self-serving, racist, a military hawk, sometimes violent and arrogant. Yet he was also extremely community oriented, a humanitarian, brave and a devoted family member. John Adam's bestseller Old Square-Toes and His Lady: The Life of James and Amelia Douglas serves as an important source of information regarding Douglas's public and private lives. As Adams writes, [the term] old square-toes characterizes him as an unbending, stodgy, boring individual, but nothing could be further from the truth. At the pinnacle of his career, Douglas was knighted by order of Queen Victoria. Considering his modest, mixed-race beginnings in South America, his lofty status is, indeed, remarkable. Equally so is the life of his wife, Amelia. She was also of mixed blood, her mother being Cree and her father Irish. But unlike Douglas, who was educated in Scotland, she never left the northern forests until they married. Their ending up as a knight and lady of the British Empire was an unusual achievement. Old Square-Toes discusses the Douglases' diverse experiences of astonishing contrasts, from crossing North America by canoe to touring Europe by train, from Native uprisings to the frantic gold rush. Besides finding glory, they also faced grief in losing seven of their beloved children. This is a story of the adventure, heartbreak, and devotion that lies at the roots of western Canada.