{"title":"BC History","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"in-the-shadow-of-the-great-war","title":"In the Shadow of the Great War","description":"\u003cp\u003eA century later, historian Jay Sherwood documents the Milligan and Hart explorations, using information directly from their diaries, reports and correspondences. Milligan, at just 25 years old, was already the consummate professional, conducting his surveys efficiently and accurately. At 41, Hart had never before done any surveying but secured his exploration contract through political connections. His inexperience and checkered past caused many problems for him and for Surveyor General George Dawson, who had to contend with compounding expenses and demands from Hart’s debtors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the Shadow of the Great War\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003etells the story of how two very different men completed difficult tasks in a harsh environment dominated by cold winds, raging rivers and waterlogged muskeg.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom 1979 to 1986, Jay Sherwood lived and taught school in Vanderhoof. There, he learned about the ledgendary land surveyor, Frank Swannell, through his involvement with the local history society. A former surveyor himself, Sherwood embarked on a study of Swannell that would result in the publication of three books about him. His research also inspired him write about other important land surveyors and explorers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOther books by Jay Sherwood\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ca title=\"Furrows in the Sky: The Adventures of Gerry Andrews\" href=\"http:\/\/royalbcmuseum.bc.ca\/shop\/product\/furrows-in-the-sky\/\"\u003eFurrows in the Sky\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/royalbcmuseum.bc.ca\/shop\/product\/return-to-northern-british-columbia\/\"\u003eReturn to Northern British Columbia\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca title=\"Surveying Central British Columbia A Photojournal of Frank Swannell, 1920-28\" href=\"http:\/\/royalbcmuseum.bc.ca\/shop\/product\/surveying-central-british-columbia\/\"\u003eSurveying Central British Columbia\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca title=\"Bannock and Beans: A Cowboy’s Account of the Bedaux Expedition\" href=\"http:\/\/royalbcmuseum.bc.ca\/shop\/product\/bannock-and-beans\/\"\u003eBannock and Beans\u003c\/a\u003e by Bob White (edited by Jay Sherwood)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Royal Museum Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44857998147798,"sku":"57873","price":19.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/4368\/6614\/files\/Great-War-2w-rgb-331x5001.jpg?v=1704951686"},{"product_id":"free-spirit","title":"Free Spirit","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eHighlighted by brilliant photographs, the colourful stories of British Columbia’s history leap off the pages of this beautiful book. BC became a colony in 1858, and \u003cem\u003eFree Spirit\u003c\/em\u003e celebrates its 150 years with a selection of vignettes about objects from our collective past and the people intimately involved with them. This entertaining book captures the essence of British Columbia and the diversity of its people and landscapes. Among the stories are a dozen personal stories and short family histories by British Columbians from around the province.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"Together, the stories in this book show the astounding depth of experience of the people in this young colony-turned-province - often an experience much deeper than its 150 years.\" -- from the Introduction.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThis book also includes the DVD, \u003cem\u003eEvergreen Playland\u003c\/em\u003e, a colourful collection of BC tourism travelogues from the 1950s and '60s.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eGerald Truscott was born and raised in British Columbia. He has been the Royal BC Museum's publisher and editor for more than 20 years. He has written fiction and non-fiction on a variety of subjects, and has published several short stories and articles.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Royal Museum Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44857998344406,"sku":"33821","price":29.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/4368\/6614\/files\/FreeSpirit-CMYK-473x5001.jpg?v=1704951694"},{"product_id":"surveying-central-british-columbia","title":"Surveying Central British Columbia","description":"\u003cp\u003eSwannell photographed First Peoples, settlers, various methods of transportation and the daily life of a surveying crew. Of about 1500 photographs he took between 1920 and 1928, Jay Sherwood has selected the best for this book. Many have historical significance, showing the changes beginning to occur in this largely wilderness region of central BC.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eSurveying Central British Columbia is based primarily on Swannell’s diaries and photographs. It is supplemented by interviews with descendants of some members of Swannell’s surveying crew, research and the author’s personal visits to several places where Swannell surveyed. It includes database of Swannell’s photographs online at the BC Archives.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAwards:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eSecond prize in the 2007 BC Historical Federation Writing Competition.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eMerit Award for book design at the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada 2008 Rock Awards.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom 1979 to 1986, Jay Sherwood lived and taught school in Vanderhoof. There, he learned about the ledgendary land surveyor, Frank Swannell, through his involvement with the local history society. A former surveyor himself, Sherwood embarked on a study of Swannell that would result in the publication of three books about him. His research also inspired him write about other important land surveyors and explorers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOther books by Jay Sherwood\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca title=\"Furrows in the Sky: The Adventures of Gerry Andrews\" href=\"http:\/\/royalbcmuseum.bc.ca\/shop\/product\/furrows-in-the-sky\/\"\u003eFurrows in the Sky\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca title=\"In the Shadow of the Great War\" href=\"http:\/\/royalbcmuseum.bc.ca\/shop\/product\/in-the-shadow-of-the-great-war\/\"\u003eIn the Shadow of the Great War\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/royalbcmuseum.bc.ca\/shop\/product\/return-to-northern-british-columbia\/\"\u003eReturn to Northern British Columbia\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/royalbcmuseum.bc.ca\/shop\/product\/bannock-and-beans\/\"\u003eBannock and Beans \u003c\/a\u003eby Bob White (edited by Jay Sherwood)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Royal Museum Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44857999261910,"sku":"10875","price":39.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/4368\/6614\/files\/Surveying-cmyk-494x5001.jpg?v=1704951716"},{"product_id":"furrows-in-the-sky","title":"Furrows in the Sky","description":"\u003cp\u003eGerry Andrews had many adventures in his 102 years. He was born in Winnipeg in 1903 and one of his most profound memories was to see Halley’s Comet on his seventh birthday. The Andrews family moved to Calgary in 1918. From there his could see the Rocky Mountains and he became fascinated by the lands that lay beyond. In a later diary, he wrote, \u003cem\u003e“I did not know then that my professional life in British Columbia would be largely devoted to mapping and revealing the mysteries behind that panorama.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd so it did. In 1922, he became a rural school teacher in Upper Big Bar, a small community in the Cariboo, then at Kelly Lake, an even more remote settlement in Peace River country. In the late 1920s, he took up a new career as a forester, which he continued through the next decade. As a forester, he developed an interest and a skill in aerial photography to survey forests for resource planning – developments in aerial photography dramatically changed forestry in BC. But like so many others, Andrews’ life changed when the World War II began. He enlisted as a soldier and helped take high-altitude photographs to help the Allies in the D-Day landings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Andrews returned to BC in 1946, his skills in surveying from the air helped land him a job as a surveyor. In just five years, he became BC’s surveyor general, a position he held until he retired in 1968, making him the longest serving surveyor general in BC’s history. During his tenure the province went through an industrial boom, especially in forestry and power generation, and Andrews supervised the mapping of many large construction projects.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAndrews’ multifaceted career took him throughout most of British Columbia. He made many friends on his travels. Surveyors in the field looked forward to his visits because he always had a kind word, a genuine interest in their work, and a red flannel sock containing a bottle of hooch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJay Sherwood tells this compelling story based on Andrews' personal correspondence, his unpublished manuscripts and diaries, interviews with people who knew him, and published articles by and about him. The book includes a selection of the many photographs that Andrews took during his adventures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom 1979 to 1986, Jay Sherwood lived and taught school in Vanderhoof. There, he learned about the ledgendary land surveyor, Frank Swannell, through his involvement with the local history society. A former surveyor himself, Sherwood embarked on a study of Swannell that would result in the publication of three books about him. 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But from the early 20th century on, government policies favoured the interests of giant pulp-and-paper firms such as Pacific Mills at Ocean Falls. A turn to sustained-yield forestry after World War II promoted further concentration of ownership, a pattern that saw Columbia Cellulose capture the Skeena and Nass watersheds to meet the fibre needs of its troubledPrince Rupert pulp enterprise. At the same time, postwar development drew the region into a role as hinterland log extraction site for southern plants fed by enormous Tree Farm Licenses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRelating these themes to a tradition of activism against capitalist inequities, \u003ci\u003eUp Coast \u003c\/i\u003ediscusses First Nations, union and community protests against corporate exploitation of labour and resources. In addressing the modern era of land claims, environmentalism and capital-flight, Rajala turns to the complex and unresolved struggle for a more equitable and sustainable human relationship with British Columbia’s forests.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDr Richard Rajala teaches history at the University of Victoria. His book, \u003ci\u003eClearcutting the Pacific Rain Forest \u003c\/i\u003e(1998), won the Forest History Society’s Charles A. 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Specialty shops flourished in Victoria – and still do – though general food stores eventually dominated the market.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the early days, a customer handed the grocery list to the clerk who gathered all the goods from shelves behind the counter. A new era of self-service stores arrived in the 1920s: now customers could stroll among the goods offered for sale, make their selections and take them to a cashier. With self-service came the large chain supermarkets, like Piggly Wiggly and Safeway. Nancy Oke and Robert Griffin show how the urban landscape changed as the city grew and how it stabilized in the shadow of Vancouver’s rising prominence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Authors\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a research volunteer at the Royal BC Museum, Nancy Oke began a project to examine artifacts related to food packaging in the museum's collection. 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The book includes White’s experiences in Bedaux’s attempts to develop a ranch in northern BC after the expedition.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eEditor Jay Sherwood supplements with original Bedaux Expedition correspondence and photographs to show Bedaux’s strong attachment to the remote wilderness area of northern BC from 1926 to 1939. \u003cem\u003eBannock and Beans\u003c\/em\u003e provides new information and a fresh perspective on this unique event in BC’s history. White’s memoirs take us back to the campfire stories of people who were part of the vast wilderness that still covered much of the northern part of the province 75 years ago.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eBob White (1902–85) was a career cowboy, born and raised in the remote Cypress Hills region of southwestern Saskatchewan. As a young man, White yearned for adventure, so headed west with a friend and ended up trapping and working on pack trains in northern BC, where he was hired to work for Charles Bedaux. In 1983, long after he had returned to Saskatchewan, White wrote his account of the Bedaux Expedition.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Editor\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom 1979 to 1986, Jay Sherwood lived and taught school in Vanderhoof. There, he learned about the ledgendary land surveyor, Frank Swannell, through his involvement with the local history society. A former surveyor himself, Sherwood embarked on a study of Swannell that would result in the publication of three books about him. His research also inspired him write about other important land surveyors, explorers and cowboys.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOther books by Jay Sherwood\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca title=\"Furrows in the Sky: The Adventures of Gerry Andrews\" href=\"http:\/\/royalbcmuseum.bc.ca\/shop\/product\/furrows-in-the-sky\/\"\u003eFurrows in the Sky\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca title=\"In the Shadow of the Great War\" href=\"http:\/\/royalbcmuseum.bc.ca\/shop\/product\/in-the-shadow-of-the-great-war\/\"\u003eIn the Shadow of the Great War\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/royalbcmuseum.bc.ca\/shop\/product\/return-to-northern-british-columbia\/\"\u003eReturn to Northern British Columbia\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca title=\"Surveying Central British Columbia A Photojournal of Frank Swannell, 1920-28\" href=\"http:\/\/royalbcmuseum.bc.ca\/shop\/product\/surveying-central-british-columbia\/\"\u003eSurveying Central British Columbia\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Royal Museum Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44858004963542,"sku":"36760","price":19.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/4368\/6614\/files\/BB-cmyk-333x5001.jpg?v=1704951853"},{"product_id":"tales-from-the-attic","title":"Tales From the Attic","description":"\u003cp\u003eWilson gives good advice on caring for personal treasures. 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She holds a BA in History in Art, with a specialty in medieval architecture, from the University of Victoria. She has also completed postgraduate studies at the Textile Conservation Centre, Hampton Court Palace (University of London) in Great Britain, specializing in dyeing for conservation. 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