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Haunting Vancouver by Mike McCardell HC2013 1st Edition 1st Printing
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- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- “very good hardcover and dustjacket. minor edgewear this copy is the first edition first printing”
- Publication Year
- 2013
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Haunting Vancouver : a Nearly True History
- Publisher
- Harbour Publishing Company, The Limited
- Topic
- General, Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-)
- ISBN
- 9781550176063
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Genre
- History, Humor
- Item Width
- 8 in
- Item Weight
- 20.4 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
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What if Mike McCardell--beloved reporter of glasses half-full and the brighter side of life--is actually dead... or, more specifically, un-dead ? Suppose he has continued to walk among the living ever since he was a sapper with the famous detachment of Royal Engineers who came to British Columbia in 1859 and was known as Jock Linn--the namesake for North Vancouver's misspelled Lynn Creek. And then imagine that after Linn died or, more accurately, didn't die when everyone thought he did, he needed an eternal job and decided that the easiest way to make a living was to be a reporter. What you have is Haunting Vancouver , likely the most laughable, laudable and accessible telling of the area's inception and development, all drawn from Linn's conversations with a variety of its early co-founders.Embark on a rollicking tour of Vancouver history where you'll meet the "Gassy" personality of saloon-owner Jack Deighton, learn of the expensive mistake once made by logging entrepreneur Edward Stamp, and be paddled in a boat by Pauline Johnson as she mulls over the name she should give to her favourite place: Lost Lagoon. Discover inspiring stories of the people who shaped the landscape of the city--athlete and oddball Seraphin "Joe" Fortes (no, he didn't own a restaurant), the openly gay politician, A.E.B. Davie, who inspired today's celebrated gay district, and China-born Chang Toy, the Vancouver businessman who rebelled against racist city planners and built the famous Sam Kee Building in Chinatown, the narrowest commercial building in the world. Haunting Vancouver is unmistakably Mike McCardell--with the same tongue-in-cheek humour, narrator Jock Linn brings folks back from the dead and delivers a fascinating local history that re-inspires a love of Vancouver and a new appreciation for all that it took to build Lotusland.And it's all true... well almost.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Harbour Publishing Company, The Limited
ISBN-10
1550176064
ISBN-13
9781550176063
eBay Product ID (ePID)
228669483
Product Key Features
Book Title
Haunting Vancouver : a Nearly True History
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
General, Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-)
Publication Year
2013
Genre
History, Humor
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9 in
Item Height
1 in
Item Width
8 in
Item Weight
20.4 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Copyright Date
2013
Dewey Decimal
971.1
Dewey Edition
23
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