Author: WEIR, JOAN
Title: Walhachin: Catastrophe or Camelot?
Description: Canada: Hancock House, 1984. First Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 0888399820. 103 pages. Index. Many archival black and white illustrations. "The (B.C.) sagebrush desert was transformed into orchards through the imagination and industry of English settlers from 1907 to 1914. Then the men left to fight and die for king and country. A storm wrecked the vital irrigation flume. Now all that remains are ghosts of the flume, trees and homes which mock this once thriving settlement." - from back cover. Address label remnant atop title page. Average wear.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Walhachin: Catastrophe or Camelot? British Columbia Okanagan Settlers English Pioneers Irrigation. Good .

Keywords: 0888399820 : ? Canadian History