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Return to Northern British Columbia

A Photojournal of Frank Swannell, 1929-39

by (author) Jay Sherwood

Publisher
Royal BC Museum
Initial publish date
Sep 2010
Category
General, History
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780772662835
    Publish Date
    Sep 2010
    List Price
    $39.95

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Description

In his third book on the adventures of Frank Swannell, historian Jay Sherwood continues his account of one of BC's most famous surveyors. The 1930s was the era of bush planes, packers and riverboats in northern BC. Swannell photographed them and recorded his experiences with some of BC's colourful characters, including Skook Davidson, who worked with Swannell for four seasons. Swannell provides much valuable information about the life of Davidson before he started his famous Diamond J Ranch. Return to Northern British Columbia includes a photo gallery of unpublished Skook Davidson photographs found in Swannell's photo albums.

About the author

Jay Sherwood is the author of two other books about Frank Swannell: Surveying Northern British Columbia (a 2005 BC Book Prize finalist) and Surveying Central British Columbia (second-prize winner in the 2007 BC Historical Federation Writing Competition). He now lives in Vancouver, where he works as a teacher-librarian.

Jay Sherwood's profile page