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Author Boissery, Beverley, 1939-

Title Beyond hope : an illustrated history of the Fraser and Cariboo gold rush / Beverley Boissery and Bronwyn Short
Published Toronto ; Tonawanda, NY : Dundurn Press, ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (99 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series desLibris. Books collection
Contents Preface; acknowledgements; beyond hope; selected bibliography; photo credits
Summary Gold. With that one little word and its promise of fabulous wealth, people from all parts of the world came to British Columbia in the 1850s and 1860s. Most were ill equipped for the difficult terrain, the icy water, and the inhospitable climate. Some found the motherlode. Others settled for becoming rich merchants. Most became impoverished, and a large number lost their lives. With new roads and new settlers, the gold rush helped build Canada's West. This pictorial history tells the stories of the Fraser and Cariboo gold rush and of the lives involved in that tumultuous but decisive event in
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-91)
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Subject Frontier and pioneer life -- British Columbia -- Fraser River Valley -- Pictorial works
Frontier and pioneer life -- British Columbia -- Cariboo Regional District -- Pictorial works
HISTORY -- General.
Frontier and pioneer life
Gold mines and mining
SUBJECT Fraser River Valley (B.C.) -- Gold discoveries -- Pictorial works
Fraser River Valley (B.C.) -- Gold discoveries
Cariboo Regional District (B.C.) -- Gold discoveries -- Pictorial works
Cariboo Regional District (B.C.) -- Gold discoveries
Subject British Columbia -- Cariboo Regional District
British Columbia -- Fraser River Valley
Genre/Form Electronic books
Pictorial works
Form Electronic book
Author Short, Bronwyn
LC no. 2004380727
ISBN 155002471X
9781550024715
1417576170
9781417576173
9781770701571
1770701575
9781459712645
1459712641