Gold at Fortymile Creek

Gold at Fortymile Creek
Author: Michael Gates
Publisher: UBC Press
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2011-11-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0774842776

The book, based on the accounts of dozens of prospectors, follows the first gold-seekers from their arrival in 1873 until the stampede to the Klondike in 1896. Gates captures the essence of these early years of the gold rush, about which very little has been written. He chronicles the trials, hearbreaks, and successes of the unique and hardy individualists who searched for gold in the wilderness. With names like Swiftwater Bill, Crooked Leg Louie, Slobbery Tom, and Tin Kettle George, these men lived in total isolation beyond the borders of civilization. They were often eccentrics and outcasts, who shaped their own rules, their own justice, and their own social order.

Structural changes of two Chinese communities in Alberta, Canada

Structural changes of two Chinese communities in Alberta, Canada
Author: Ban Seng Hoe
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Total Pages: 402
Release: 1976-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1772823279

Utilizing social surveys, participant observation, interviews, life histories, oral testimony and documentary evidence, adherence to Chinese cultural traditions in Alberta is found to be inversely related to the accessibility of opportunity within the wider social context.

Bibliography of McClelland and Stewart Ltd. Imprints, 1909–1985

Bibliography of McClelland and Stewart Ltd. Imprints, 1909–1985
Author: McClelland and Stewart Limited
Publisher:
Total Pages: 872
Release: 1994
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN:

A Bibliography of McClelland and Stewart Ltd. Imprints, 1909-1985 contains bibliographic records of all books and other materials published by McClelland and Stewart publishing company from 1909, when the first books were published, to 1985, when Jack McClelland ceased to be associated with the company. Carl Spadoni and Judith Donnelly have included all manner of books in this compilation: fiction, poetry, drama, biography, history, and other non-fiction, as well as textbooks at all levels. A good portion of the company's books in the pre-World War II period were imported from the United States and England; the compilers have therefore listed not only Canadian books, but also works by non-Canadian writers in Canadian issues.

The American Desk Encyclopedia

The American Desk Encyclopedia
Author: Steve Luck
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 914
Release: 1998-10-22
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 019521465X

Here is one of the most up-to-date, affordable, and convenient encyclopedias on the market, offering more than 15,000 alphabetically arranged entries, placing a world of information within arm's reach. The ENCYCLOPEDIA also offers an attractive page layout, with 300 black-and-white illustrations, along with a 16-page color map section.