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Title: On the Shady Side - Vancouver 1886-1914
Description: Ganges, BC: Horsdal & Schubart Publishers, Limited, 1986. First Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 0920663044. 121 pages with index. Covers show wear but contents are quite nice. Seeks to dispel a few myths about the lives of some notable people from Vancouver's past. "The time has come to open the closets and let all our ancestors out"! Covers such topics as: Who kept the city's first house of ill-repute, who was the first man charge with keeping an illegal gaming establishment, etc. This carefully researched book is all absolutely true... and very funny.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Vancouver British Columbia History Unseemly Madams Madames Pioneers Morality Gambling Police Scandal Demotions Rogues Ladies of the Evening 121 pages with index. Covers show wear but contents are quite nice. Seeks to dispel a few myths about the lives. Good .

Keywords: 0920663044 Canadiana

Price: US$ 49.95 Seller: RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines
- Book number: 71105369