Free Spirit: Stories of You, Me & BC: Stories of You, Me and BC (Royal British Columbia Museum) - Softcover

Gerald Truscott

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0772658706 ISBN 13: 9780772658708

Publisher: Royal BC Museum (CA), 2008

Synopsis

Book & DVD. Highlighted by brilliant photographs, the colourful stories of British Columbia's history leap off the pages of this beautiful book. BC became a colony in 1858, and this book celebrates its 150 years with a selection of vignettes about objects from our collective past and the people intimately involved with them. This entertaining book captures the essence of British Columbia and the diversity of its people and landscapes. Among the stories are a dozen selections from the Peoples History Project: personal stories and short family histories from around the province. This book also includes Evergreen Playland, a DVD of BC tourism travelogues from the 1950s and 1960s.

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Synopsis:

Hidden treasures found! Untold stories revealed! Highlighted by brilliant photographs, the colourful stories of British Columbia's past leap off the pages of this beautiful book. BC became a colony in 1858, and "Free Spirit" celebrates 150 years of history with a selection of vignettes about objects from our collective past and the people intimately involved with them.From BC's first printing press to a gold nugget weighing 1.6 kilograms, from Judge Matthew Begbie's court wig to Eleanor Goddard's 100-year-old teddy bear - if these objects could speak what stories would they tell?Some would answer questions that readers may never have thought to ask: Why is Vancouver called the "City of Bhangra"? How did the Steller's Jay become BC's provincial bird? Where does most of the world's jade come from?The stories of other objects reveal little-known facts, such as: the first book privately published in BC promoted gold mining on the Fraser River; a spirit guide from beyond the grave helped establish and name the Okanagan town of Naramata; and some of the rarest coins in the world were minted in New Westminster.In these glimpses of the past, "Free Spirit" captures the essence of British Columbia and the diversity of its people and landscapes.

"Free Spirit" includes a 100-minute DVD collection of seven travelogues, showing areas of the province as they were promoted to tourists in the 1950s and 1960s. These colourful films show BC as it used to be, in the carefree spirit of the mid 20th century.

About this edition

• Publisher: Royal BC Museum (CA)
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0772658706
• ISBN 13: 9780772658708
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 172