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Transportation History

The Pacific Empresses

An Illustrated History of the Canadian Pacific's Trans-Pacific Ocean Liners

by (author) Robert D. Turner

Publisher
Sono Nis Press
Initial publish date
Jan 1981
Category
History
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781550391497
    Publish Date
    Jan 1981
    List Price
    $39.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780919462618
    Publish Date
    Jan 1981
    List Price
    $49.95

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Robert D. Turner has been researching, photographing and writing about transportation history for over forty years. His photos have been widely published and he has written hundreds of articles and reviews. The Klondike Gold Rush Steamers is his eighteenth book. Turner has been recognized with numerous awards, including the Canadian Railroad Historical Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award and the American Association for State and Local History’s Award of Merit. A retired heritage consultant and a curator emeritus at the Royal British Columbia Museum, Turner has travelled widely around the world photographing The Last Steam Railways and early industries while documenting the people, places and stories of this disappearing history and culture. He lives in Victoria, BC.

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