Author: TOUCHIE, RODGER
Title: Vancouver Island, Portrait of a Past
Description: Canada: J.J. Douglas, 1974. First Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 0888940688. Illustrated by Curtis, Edward. "A loving portrait of a romantic past and a nostalgic glance back at 150 years of change. Here is the dignity of the Kwakiutl, Nootka and Salish culture, caught in magnficent photographs by Edward Curtis. And here is the heady excitement of the 1958 gold rush when a population boom brought Victoria's population to 10,000; the adventure of the age of sail when clipper ships and the famous Empresses sailed from Victoria; the danger in the sawmills, lumber camps and mines that quickly developed on the Island; and the riches of the international harvest of sea otter pelts that first lured traders to Vancouver Island." - back cover. 128 page paperback book. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy of this fascinating and very informative photographic compilation.; Photography; 4to; 128 pages. Good .

Keywords: 0888940688 Pictorial Works B.C. History British Columbia