Barkerville
Can$14.95
0-9696887-1-7
Author-Richard Thomas Wright
Stories of the men and women who dug for gold on Williams Creek are told in this new, revised edition of a Canadian bestseller.
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Cariboo Gold Rush
Can$8.95
978-1-895811-73-5
Author-
In 1858 some 30,000 gold seekers stampeded to the Fraser River. Scores drowned in the rapids or were killed by indians, but the survivors pressed upstream. In a land called the cariboo they found nuggets by the ton, their discovery resulting in today's province of British Columbia.
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Fort Steele
Can$18.95
1-894384-38-5
Author-Naomi Miller
During its boom years after the 1864 Wild Horse Creek gold rush, Fort Steele was considered the centre of the East Kootenays. Local resident Naomi Miller gives us fascinating glimpses into the everyday lives of the people who once lived and thrived here.
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Gold Fever: Incredible Tales of the Klondike Gold Rush
Can$9.95
Author- Rich Mole
Rich Mole gives a vivid account of the gold rush from the earliest strikes to the climactic events of 1897 and their often tragic consequences.
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Golden Nuggets
Can$16.95
1-895811-56-2
Author-Branwen Patenaude
From Yale to Barkerville, as miners made their way to the gold fields, the need for rest stops, food and accommodations grew. Roadhouses sprung up all along the trails and “Golden Nuggets” brings them back to life.
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Good Time Girls
Can$17.95
1-55110-994-8
Author-Lael Morgan
The "good time girls" crossed both geographic and social frontiers, finding freedom, independence, hardship, heartbreak, and sometimes astonishing wealth.
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Hudson's Bay Company Adventures: The Rollicking Saga of Canada's Fur Traders
Can$9.95
Author-Elle Andra-Warner
The explorers and fur traders who started the Hudson's Bay Company were brash and daring adventurers in search of their fortunes in the New World. Hudson's Bay Company Adventures vividly relates the frequently violent early history of the iconic Canadian company and the characters who laboured for it.
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Journey, The
Can$17.95
0-920663-83-4
Author-Bill Gallaher
Following their dreams, a group of adventurous young men — and one remarkable woman — travelled west from Manitoba in 1862. The Overlanders’ destination was the goldfields of the Cariboo.
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Man Called Moses, A
Can$18.95
1-894898-04-4
Author-Bill Gallaher
“The Black Barber of Barkerville,” as Wellington Delaney Moses was known, came to British Columbia from San Francisco, looking for a new home and a place of peace. He became a remarkable figure in Victoria in its first years, opening a prosperous barbershop and becoming a popular man about town.
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Rebel Women of the Gold Rush: Extraordinary Achievements and Daring Adventures
Can$9.95
Author- Rich Mole
Many of the women who arrived in the Klondike longed for the thrill of adventure and an end to the tedium of everyday life, while others sought riches.
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Slumach's Gold: In Search of a Legend
Can$14.95
Author-Rick Antonson, Mary Trainer and Brian Antonson
Slumach's Gold was a Canadian bestseller when it was first published in 1972. This 35th-anniversary edition greatly expands the original, bringing new research, fascinating updates and fresh insights.
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Trail to Gold: Vol. 2
Can$18.95
1-895811-09-0
Author-Branwen C. Patenaude
The pioneer roadhouses between Clinton and Barkerville provide us a living heritage of the colorful era of the Cariboo Gold Rush.
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Trails to Gold
Can$14.95
0-920663-35-4
Author-Branwen C. Patenaude
In the 1880s whoever headed inland spent their nights in the colorful roadhouses of the different trails to the Cariboo gold rush.
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Wagon Road North
Can$18.95
0-9690546-0-2
Author-Art Downs
Historic photographs from 1863 of the Cariboo gold rush.
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