In a Strange Land
A pictoral record of the Chinese in Canada, 1788-1923
- Publisher
- Greystone Books Ltd
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1988
- Category
- General
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780888332691
- Publish Date
- Jan 1988
- List Price
- $24.95
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Description
With over 100 illustrations, including archival photographs, contemporary paintings, and cartoons, this book is the first pictorial history of the Chinese in Canada. It spans east to west, from maritime ports to the goldfields of British Columbia, the railway across the continent, and the Chinese restaurants and laundries of the prairies.
About the author
Richard Wright was born in Vancouver in 1940 and is one of BC's foremost outdoors writers. He left the Vancouver Fire Department in 1970 to produce and direct CBC films, work for BC's Department of Recreation and Conservation, pursue freelance writing and photography, and begin a river rafting company. He has co-authored many guidebooks with Rochelle Wright and three histories. Richard has taken two treks with camels in the Cariboo, reconstructing the Cariboo Camel myth for a segment on National Geographic Today. He lives on Pioneer Ranch near Williams Lake, BC.