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Vancouver Island scoundrels, eccentrics and originals : tales from the library vault / Stephen Ruttan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ruttan, Stephen, 1947- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Swindlers and swindling--British Columbia--Vancouver Island--History--Anecdotes.
- Swindlers and swindling.
- Swindlers and swindling--British Columbia--Victoria--History--Anecdotes.
- Eccentrics and eccentricities--British Columbia--Vancouver Island--History--Anecdotes.
- Eccentrics and eccentricities.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (116 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Victoria, BC : TouchWood Editions, 2014.
- Summary:
- Found on the history shelves of the Greater Victoria Public Library, these twenty true stories are brought to life by Stephen Ruttan. They draw a picture of the life of a city with a recent past that's both unconventional and colourful. From Miss Wilson and her famous parrot, Louis, to Jimmy Chicken Island, named after a man who acquired his surname from his habit of stealing chickens, to the Pig War, when Britain and the United States nearly came to blows over the San Juan Islands, to the rise and fall of Francis Rattenbury, one of Victoria's best-known architects, these stories reveal a lively history of a West Coast capital city. Archival illustrations, newspaper clippings, and modern photos help make Vancouver Island Scoundrels, Eccentrics and Originals a delightful and illluminating read.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-77151-073-0
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