Weird and Wild Vancouver
- Publisher
- Blue Bike Books
- Initial publish date
- Mar 2012
- Category
- Trivia, Trivia
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781926700113
- Publish Date
- Mar 2012
- List Price
- $14.95
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Description
Vancouver, one of Canada’s youngest and most beautiful cities, got its start after a down-on-his-luck squatter built a saloon to serve thirsty loggers. Considering these humble beginnings, it’s no wonder the city’s history is littered with the weird and wild:
About the author
HARRISON MOONEY is a writer and journalist. Born to a West African immigrant mother, he was adopted as an infant by a white family and raised in the Bible belt of British Columbia. He has worked for the Vancouver Sun for nearly a decade as a reporter, an editor and a columnist. His writing has also appeared in the National Post, the Guardian, Yahoo and Maclean’s. Harrison Mooney lives in East Vancouver with his family.