First Invaders: The Literary Origins of British Columbia
by Alan Twigg
The Literary Origins of British Columbia (Vol. 1)
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The names Cook and Quadra ring a bell for most of us, as do Bering and Vancouver, but how much do we know about the Greek-born navigator, Juan de Fuca or the Machiavelli of the maritime fur trade, John Meares? British Columbia's earliest authors and explorers are skilfully introduced, for the first time collectively, by Alan Twigg. This is a compelling account of the characters, events and intrigues that comprised British Columbia's earliest literary history prior to 1800.Tags
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This is an odd book. It restricts itself to paraphrased snippets of descriptions by early explorers and chroniclers (mainly European) of the region now known as British Columbia that have appeared in published books - but excludes archived contemporary letters, journals of ship voyages, scientific surveys, ethnographic accounts and graphic illustrations. It is more of an annotated bibliography of secondary sources aimed at casual readers but unsuitable for high school libraries. Not recommended.
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Alan Twigg founded BC BookWorld. Along the way he has written sixteen books, thousands of articles, made six films and created eight literary awards. With longtime cohort David Lester, he has generated abcbookworld, a massive public reference site for and about: more than 10,500 BC authors.
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