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Free Spirit

Stories of You, Me and BC

by (author) Gerald Truscott

Publisher
Royal BC Museum
Initial publish date
May 2008
Category
General, Western Provinces, Popular Culture
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    ISBN
    9780772658708
    Publish Date
    May 2008
    List Price
    $29.95

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Description

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.

About the author

Gerald Truscott was born and raised in British Columbia and spent most of his professional life publishing books, editing and writing for the Royal BC Museum. He also writes fiction and non-fiction, has published several short stories and articles and was the author of Free Spirit: Stories of You, Me and BC (RBCM 2008).

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