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The Chuck Davis history of Metropolitan Vancouver
Record details
- ISBN: 1550175335
- ISBN: 9781550175332 (hc.) :
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Physical Description:
xv, 574 p. : ill ; 29 cm.
print - Publisher: Madeira Park, B.C. : Harbour Pub., c2011.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Gassy Jack -- Yip Sang (Coal Peddler to Company Tycoon) -- Vancouver's first newspaper -- Charles Woodward (Country Boy Who Made Good) -- Joe Fortes (King of English Bay) -- Asahi Baseball Club -- Radio (Broadcasting on All Frequencies) -- Orpheum Theatre (Palace on Granville) -- Foncie Pulice [street photographer] (For a Lasting Souvenir) -- Lions Gate Bridge -- Japanese Canadian Internment -- Arthur Erickson and Vancouver Architecture -- Hurricane Frieda Comes to Town -- I Want to Hold Your Hand (Beatles) -- From Skid Row to Downtown Eastside (DERA) -- Towel Power (Vancouver Canucks) -- Expo 86: The World Comes to Vancouver -- To Hell and Back with the RAV Line -- Gold at Home (2010 Olympics). |
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| Subject: | Vancouver Metropolitan Area (B.C.) -- Biography Vancouver Metropolitan Area (B.C.) -- History |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Camosun College Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lansdowne Library | FC 3847.4 D38 2011 (Text) | 26040002967798 | Main Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Book News
Davis (1935-2010), radio broadcaster and devoted historian of Vancouver, British Columbia, died while finishing up his history of the city from its earliest beginnings as a collection of crude wood buildings and stumps to its status as a metropolitan city today. However, with the help of the publisher, Harbour Publishing, and the Vancouver Historical Society, the book was published in time for the city's 125th anniversary. Packed with facts, humor, and plenty of black and white period photographs, the book will interest a variety of readers, from history buffs to travelers. Distributed in the US by Partners Publishers Group. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) - Midpoint Books
In his ambitious magnum opus, The Chuck Davis History of Metropolitan Vancouver, author Chuck Davis embraced 125 years of material, with the signature exuberance and talent for storytelling that made him one of Vancouver's most successful and beloved journalists and broadcasters. This volume represents the culmination of his life as a folk historian, someone who was obsessed and delighted by all things Vancouver, and of his immense contribution to historical knowledge of the city of Vancouver. It was nearly realized, but not quite completed before his death in November, 2010.
Harbour Publishing worked with Davis on The Chuck Davis History of Metropolitan Vancouver for five years, and has collaborated with the Vancouver Historical Society to complete the volume in 2011 to mark the city's 125th anniversary, as was the author's plan. Arranged chronologically, and illustrated with a trove of archival photographs, this volume includes influential characters both famous, like White Spot founder Nat Bailey, and nearly-forgotten, like Sara Anne McLagan, the first female publisher of a daily newspaper in Canada, plus many tales of eccentric locals and celebrity visitors. Here too are Vancouver's unforgettable and formative events, from the tragic collapse of the Second Narrows Bridge to the city's first rock 'n' roll concert ("the ultimate in musical depravity").
The story of how Vancouver grew from a ramshackle tumble of stumps, brush and crude wooden buildings to today's urban metropolis turns out to be interesting, complicated, frequently rancorous and occasionally even funny. And the book is, as the author hoped, "fun, fat and filled with facts." - Perseus Publishing
In his ambitious magnum opus, The Chuck Davis History of Metropolitan Vancouver, author Chuck Davis embraced 125 years of material, with the signature exuberance and talent for storytelling that made him one of Vancouver's most successful and beloved journalists and broadcasters. This volume represents the culmination of his life as a folk historian, someone who was obsessed and delighted by all things Vancouver, and of his immense contribution to historical knowledge of the city of Vancouver. It was nearly realized, but not quite completed before his death in November, 2010.
Harbour Publishing worked with Davis on The Chuck Davis History of Metropolitan Vancouver for five years, and has collaborated with the Vancouver Historical Society to complete the volume in 2011 to mark the city's 125th anniversary, as was the author's plan. Arranged chronologically, and illustrated with a trove of archival photographs, this volume includes influential characters both famous, like White Spot founder Nat Bailey, and nearly-forgotten, like Sara Anne McLagan, the first female publisher of a daily newspaper in Canada, plus many tales of eccentric locals and celebrity visitors. Here too are Vancouver's unforgettable and formative events, from the tragic collapse of the Second Narrows Bridge to the city's first rock 'n' roll concert ("the ultimate in musical depravity").
The story of how Vancouver grew from a ramshackle tumble of stumps, brush and crude wooden buildings to today's urban metropolis turns out to be interesting, complicated, frequently rancorous and occasionally even funny. And the book is, as the author hoped, "fun, fat and filled with facts."
