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In a Strange Land

A pictoral record of the Chinese in Canada, 1788-1923

by (author) Richard Wright

Publisher
Greystone Books Ltd
Initial publish date
Jan 1988
Category
General
  • 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.

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